The disappearance of indigenous women and girls is everyone's business. I think cooperation is needed between governments, community organizations and law enforcement. We all have a role to play in addressing the problem. The indigenous community, along with existing services, must indeed be consulted. If the goal is to offer the best services possible to protect our women and young girls if they go missing, people need to mobilize around the issue. We need a seamless response process, without any cracks between the first response action and the third response action. We need continuity so the response process serves to locate the missing person quickly.
We all have to work very closely together and consult them, talk about this initiative, and get them involved early on because it really is a question of awareness. We also have to be able to develop specific criteria for the process. In my opinion, we need an approach that will create a system that can meet the real needs of indigenous women.