Status of Women committee  Yes, it is horrible.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I definitely think education for boys and young girls.... We do that piece in Yellowknife, but I'd like to see that throughout the territory, to help boys understand that violence is not the answer. It's so prevalent here that you need to give that message strongly and conti

Status of Women committee  That can be a real challenge for the shelters. If we don't have a bed at the closest shelter, we'll call the other shelters and see if there are beds in those shelters, and then transport the women to another shelter. In Yellowknife, we also do overflow in our shelters, so we mi

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for inviting me to present at this meeting. First, I want to talk a bit about the context in the Northwest Territories. We are remote, and women describe that remoteness as having no place to hide and no place to go. They are isolated. They have no telephones