The Red Shawl Campaign
#MMIWG2S
This is a campaign that began with Elder Imelda Perley, which is devoted to bringing awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA in Canada. The Red Shawl Campaign creates a space of action and for healing. It helps people join together to honour the women and to pay respect to their lives and existence on earth. It provides support and a safe space for families and friends to share and to heal.
The Red Shawl is a symbol of protection; this is what a young girl earns in her footsteps to becoming a woman. When we as adult women wear shawls, as grandmothers, mothers, sisters and aunties, we embrace the gift of healing. It is in this healing we move forward to a platform of justice .The media, the general public, politicians and even law enforcement must face this reality and understand it as a travesty of justice MMIGW2S Red Dress Campaign
Red Dress Campaign - MMIWG2S
Honouring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & 2Spirited- A National Crisis
- Cited as a national genocide by 2019 Inquiry
- Alarm sounded in the late 70's - Inquiry not launched until 2016 as per TRC #41
- Affecting Indigenous women and LGBTQ2S + individuals
- Indigenous Women's groups and communities estimates 4000 + victims
- RCMP reports 1200 cases (1980 -2012 )
- Many police reports suggest "no foul play suspected"
- NWAC had found that only 53% of murder cases involving Indigenous women have led to charges of homicide compared to the national homicide compared to the national homicide clearance rate of 84% cases
- 40% cases remain unsolved