Supporters walked through the streets to raise awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
Despite an extreme cold warning due to an arctic wind chill, a group of supports gathered together on the steps of the Prince George Court House to participate in the annual Women’s Memorial March.
The Women’s Memorial March is held annually in many cities across Canada and was first held in 1992 in Vancouver in response to the murder of a woman on the downtown east side. According to Amnesty International, Indigenous women and girls are at least three times more likely to experience violence, and at least six times more likely to be murdered than any other woman or girl in Canada.
“We have to be vigilant. We have to put the awareness out there that we need to protect our women and girls and boys too, for that matter,” said McIntosh. “I would like to see more awareness with the men, to bring themselves into the moment — into consciousness and remember our ancestors and what they did for our women. They protected them. Of course, with our young girls and our women, they need to be vigilant and support each other and always be there just in case something happens.”
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