Monday, August 20, 2012

Nunavut women’s group wants help for sexual assault victims


When I am on circuit the lists are sexual assault after sexual assault after sexual assault:  the problem is very serious and dwarfs offences seen in the South:

Territory must face history of “endemic sexual assault in our communities”

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The Government of Nunavut should do more to help the victims of sexual violence, the Qulliit Status of Women Council said Aug. 16 in a statement.

“Qulliit believes that Nunavut has a moral imperative to address its staggering rate of sexual violence against children, which is 10 times higher here than in the rest of Canada,” the council said in the statement.

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