This #HumanRightsDay , we're focused on #GBV. Gender-based violence intersects with state violence, putting women at risk from police, social services, and more, when they most need help.

Read about #SystemicDiscrimination in the latest #ResettingNormal: https://bit.ly/3gQ6xZC 

Canada has to acknowledge the basis of #GBV in misogyny, abelism, and anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, in order to address the roots of this violence. #16Days #ActTogether

Addressing #GBV must be carried out in ways that underline the expertise of women-led, community-led initiatives that work from a place of lived experience. #WomensOrg #CanFem #EndVAW

And law enforcement agencies in every province and territory are rooted in Canada’s colonial history and long-standing sexist, racist, and ableist power imbalances. Those who are most affected must lead community-based accountability and oversight of the police.

Read the full report, written in collaboration with @endvawnetwork, @Pauktuutit, @AnitaOlseHarper, and @JihanAbbas: https://bit.ly/3gQ6xZC  @DAWNRAFHCanada @infoNacafv #16Days #ActTogether #HumanRightsDay