Province’s Performance “Abysmal” When Eliminating Discrimination Against Women

A legal advocacy group calls the B-C government’s performance “abysmal” when it comes to addressing violence and deep poverty experienced by Indigenous women.

West Coast LEAF says that’s just one way B-C is falling short of meeting targets set by the United Nations aimed at eliminating discrimination against women in a number of areas including access to justice, affordable housing and childcare.

In a report card issued today, it says seven of nine focus areas showed improvements but the highest grade received was a C-plus for health and employment.

The handling of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and access to childcare received the lowest grade of D.