{"id":7458,"date":"2015-06-15T14:31:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?page_id=7458"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:22:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:22:25","slug":"legal-strategy-coalition-on-violence-against-indigenous-women-lsc","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/project\/legal-strategy-coalition-on-violence-against-indigenous-women-lsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women (LSC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who are we?<\/a>
\nWhat work have we done?<\/a>
\n Why do we need a public inquiry into violence against Indigenous women and girls?<\/a>
\nLSC Resources<\/a>
\nOther Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

Who are we?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women (LSC) is a nation-wide ad hoc coalition of groups and individuals formed in 2014 following the murder of Inuit university student Loretta Saunders, to marshal resources that address violence against Indigenous women. The LSC was established in 2014 as a response to the alarming prevalence of violence and discrimination against Indigenous women and girls in Canada. The coalition is comprised of individuals and civil society organizations with interdisciplinary expertise on issues that impact Indigenous women, including human rights, gender equality, and constitutional law.<\/p>\n

The LSC is engaged in legal advocacy and research to urgently address the critical issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). In addition to supporting the call for a public national inquiry on MMIW, the LSC collaborates on research and other activities in order to achieve appropriate government responses to the continuing violence and discrimination experienced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada.<\/p>\n

<\/a>What work have we done?<\/strong><\/p>\n

On April 20, 2018, the LSC presented a discussion paper<\/strong><\/a> to Ms. Dubravka \u0160imonovi\u0107, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, warning that continued government failure to address the systemic bias in Canada\u2019s justice system, and the profound social and economic disadvantage of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people, is fueling the crisis of murders and disappearances.<\/p>\n

In February 2015, the LSC released a report to assess over two decades worth of reports with recommendations for stopping violence against Indigenous women and girls. This research was intended to address the Canadian Department of Justice contention that a national inquiry on MMIW is not necessary due to there being a list of existing reports on the subject.<\/p>\n

The LSC reviewed fifty reports containing over 700 recommendations. The reports dealt with aspects of violence and discrimination against Indigenous women and girls, including government studies, reports by international human rights bodies, and published research of Indigenous women\u2019s organizations. The LSC researchers found that only a few of the more than 700 recommendations in these reports have ever been fully implemented. Moreover, the LSC research shows that while there is a general consensus about the root causes of violence against Indigenous women, there has been a failure to implement the necessary responses to address the crisis. The research also suggests that a national inquiry should examine the resistance to implementation of known and recommended measures to address the issue.<\/p>\n