Gloria Galloway // UN calls on Canada to remove sexist sections from Indian Act - The Globe and Mail
18.1.19
UN calls on Canada to remove sexist sections from Indian Act - The Globe and Mail: The federal government is aware of the sexist sections of the legislation and embarked more than a year ago on an open-ended consultation with First Nations about how it can be fixed.
But the UN committee says it is not good enough to have a consultation with no fixed end date.
It has found Canada to be in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which, among other things, prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex and says countries must not obstruct Indigenous people from enjoying their culture. It has given the federal government 180 days to report back on the measures it has taken to correct the situation.
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