Global Issues

Canada – Winnipeg

• 75 missing or murdered women listed in Manitoba by Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Sisters in Spirit project.

• 4,126 women subject to violent assault in 2009.

 

Advocacy:

• Sage House provides drop-in, health and outreach programs for street-involved females and transgender people.

 

Sources: Gender Differences in Police-reported Violent Crime in Canada, 2008, Statistics Canada; Winnipeg Free, Compiled by J. Hainsworth