BACKGROUNDER: Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada work re: domestic violence & community policing
Inuktut version available here. There are no roads to escape violence in Inuit communities. Women find themselves pressured not to report domestic abuse by their spouses, upon whom they are usually financially dependent. As well, victims of domestic abuse often have...ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᑲᓪᓗᒥᓐ ᐆᒧᖓ R. v. Ameralik Trial Decision, Nunavut
ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ (PIWC), ᕇᐱᑲ ᑲᓪᓗ, ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᐆᒧᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒡᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐊᖓᓂᒃ ᐸᓯᔭᒃᓴᐅᔪᓐᓃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓵᓐᑐᕋ ᐊᒥᕋᓕᒃ ᑐᖁᑎᑦᑎᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᔮᕆᓂᕐᒨᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓᓂᒃ ᕼᐊᐅᐃ ᐋᓗᒃᒥ.
Statement from President Kudloo on R. v. Ameralik Trial Decision, Nunavut
The President of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada (PIWC), Rebecca Kudloo, today issued the following statement on the Nunavut court decision acquitting Sandra Ameralik of second-degree murder in the death of her spouse, Howie Aaluk.