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Article: Finding Dawn.(Movie review)
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- Network (Winnipeg)
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- March 22, 2007
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FINDING DAWN
Written and directed by Christine Welsh Produced by Svend-Erik Eriksen, 2006
WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT NATIVE WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CANADA. WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STOP THE VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM. WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STOP THE KILLING.
In October 2004, Amnesty International released a report entitled, Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada. The report linked high levels of violence experienced by Native women and girls across Canada to deeply rooted patterns of marginalization and discrimination. This discrimination has put large numbers of Native ...