Pneumatic Blogging

Every October 4th, Amnesty International partners with the Native Women’s Association of Canada, KAIROS, the National Association of Friendship Centers, the Canadian Federation of Students and others to call for an end to violence and discrimination against Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

In grade 11, I wrote a paper on the Helen Betty Osbourne case for my ‘Law & Society’ class. Osbourne’s case was a landmark case in that it shed the light on the persistent sexism and racism that women of her community experienced (and still continue to experience). Osbourne was assaulted and raped simply because she was an aboriginal woman. (See http://www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_helen_betty_osborne.php and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Betty_Osborne for more information.)

40 years later, aboriginal women are still targets of discrimination and violence. This is the reason for Amnesty International Canada’s campaign ‘Stolen Sisters’.