Advocates call for action to protect Indigenous women from sexual exploitation, trafficking – CBC
Mar 08, 2022
‘Indigenous women are already devalued by settler societies,’ says Heidi Marshall
Heidi Marshall says it’s no coincidence that Indigenous women and girls are 10 times more likely to be victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation than non-Indigenous women and girls.
Marshall is the human trafficking consultant for the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association and a co-founder of the Jane Paul Indigenous Resource Centre in Sydney, N.S. It’s the only centre east of Montreal specifically for Indigenous women in high-risk situations, living off-reserve.
“Indigenous women are already devalued by settler societies and further dehumanized if they work in the sex trade,” Marshall said in a presentation last week to Halifax’s women’s advisory committee.
