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Article: NWAC supports MRP report.(rants and raves)(Native Women's Association of Canada, Matrimonial Real Property)
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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Dear Editor:
It is time to set the record straight on the Native Women's Association of Canada's (NWAC) position on Matrimonial Real Property (MRP).
NWAC does not support the application of provincial law on reserve. It does support; however, that interim measures must be put into place to address the continued human rights violations occurring to Aboriginal women and their children today. Human rights violations occur on a daily basis, especially for Aboriginal children and women who are often victims of physical and sexual abuse, sexualized and racialized violence, blatant systemic discrimination, emotional stress, poverty, suicide and murder.