Iqaluit residents walk in recognition of Red Dress Day on May 5. Carrying a picture of her late mother is Della Ootoova, who was murdered in Iqaluit in 2008. Holding her hand is Sherri Robertson, executive director of YWCA-Agvik Nunavut. Robertson is calling on the territorial government to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic, followed by justice reform. (Photo by Daron Letts)
‘It feels like open season on Inuit women,’ says YWCA-Agvik executive director
Nunavut will not follow the lead of other Canadian jurisdictions by declaring intimate partner violence an epidemic in the territory. On May 27, Newfoundland and Labrador became the latest province or territory to make the declaration.