Hundreds walk in Victoria B.C. to end gender-based violence in Canada
Global News
According to data from Statistics Canada, 44 per cent of women reported experiencing some form of intimate partner violence since the age of 15.
Hundreds of people came together in Victoria on Thursday for the 12th annual Moose Hide Campaign Walk.
The walk is held to call attention to gender-based violence in Canada with events held nationwide.
According to data from Statistics Canada, 44 per cent of women reported experiencing some form of intimate partner violence since the age of 15.
For Indigenous women, that number is much higher, at 61 per cent.
“This is a very important day,” Palexelsiya (Lorelai Williams), told Global News at the march. “We have to keep raising awareness of this issue because our Indigenous women and girls are still going missing and being murdered at a high rate so any awareness is something we really need.”
Palexelsiya said many people have been calling for a state of emergency to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Tatyanna Harrison, Chelsea Poorman, and Noelle ‘Elli’ O’Soup were all found dead last year in the Lower Mainland.
Palexelsiya said this just shows how missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are still going missing and dying at a higher rate.