Tag Archives: 3: Moderate/Neutral

Race + Color + Ethnicity
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission finds government committed “cultural genocide” against Canadian indigenous peoples for more than a century.
  • Report finds 3,201 died while in the schools–often because of mistreatment or neglect–though some research suggests more.
  • The Commission offers 94 recommendations, including the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, child welfare system reform and amendment of Canada’s oath of citizenship.
  • Canadian aboriginals still face structural inequality, being disproportionately incarcerated and present in child welfare caseloads.

More on this story at The New York Times.

Image Source: Library and Archive of Canada, via The New York Times

Sexual + Gender Minorities
Slovak NGOs push for legal partnership recognition for same-sex and unmarried heterosexual couples.
  • Initiative Inakost is coordinating efforts to get “Life Partnership” status recognized by government, bestowing rights and protections upon same-sex and unmarried heterosexual couples.
  • Slovakian Ombudswoman Dubovcová supports the creation of the status.
  • The initative is also pushing for same-sex couple adoption rights.

More on this story at The Slovak Spectator.

Image Source: SME