Harassment and unwanted sexting and touching are among disturbing findings of a review of gender and sexual orientation-based discrimination within the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).
The review panel presented its findings on Wednesday during the second day of the AFN’s 44th annual general assembly in Halifax and in a 76-page report.
“Some of the examples that were shared from female interviewees shared how their personal boundaries are routinely violated by male employees, some elders, some knowledge keepers and some chiefs,” Gwendolyn Point, one of the panellists, told the assembly.
The report stems from the adoption of Resolution #13/2020, Becoming A Role Model in Ending Sexual Orientation and Gender-Based Discrimination Within the Assembly of First Nations, at the December
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