Dear readers, Thank you for persevering with me during this journey of love to read and understand the final report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG. Chapter 8 has been intense, exploring Confronting Oppression ~Right to Justice from the perspectives of Pathways to Violence. We have reached the fourth and final pathway: Denying Agency and … Continue reading “MMIWG Chap 8 ~ Right to Justice (3 of 3) Reinventing Relationship”
Chapter 8, Confronting Oppression ~ Right for Justice, continues discussion of the third identified pathway to violence: Lack of Will and Insufficient Institutional Resources. To recap, the first two identified pathways to violence were (1) Intergenerational and Multigenerational Trauma and (2) Social and Economic Marginalization. These are perhaps more self-explanatory. Yet they are difficult to … Continue reading “MMIWG Chap 8 ~ Right for Justice (2b of 3) Reforming Law Enforcement”
Part 2a of Chapter 8: Right to Justice looks at the third pathway to violence, identified at Lack of Will and Insufficient Institutional Resources. Earlier, pathway Intergenerational and Multigenerational Trauma noted that under-reporting of violence by Indigenous women is related to racist and sexist stereotypes they face. Pathway Social and Economic Marginalization noted that Indigenous … Continue reading “MMIWG Chap 8 ~ Right to Justice (2a of 3) Sexual Exploitation”
Dear readers, Here we are at the final chapter. With the earlier ones, I read online, summarized themes on paper, then transferred my reviews to blog. I wanted to give Chap 8: Confronting Oppression ~ Right to Justice more attention so I printed all 96 pages and have been reading and highlighting in my spare … Continue reading “MMIWG ~ Chap 8: Right to Justice (1 of 3) Criminalizing Victims”
Dear readers, I’m back! I never intended such a long delay but life happens and I have not even taken time to share my distractions. I started my project of reading and summarizing the MMIWG report last June shortly after its release. Please see posting in June, July and November 2019. I am now in … Continue reading “MMIWG ~ Chap 7: Right to Security”
