Red Dress Alert
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Work continues on alert system for missing Indigenous women: ministerIt would be similar to Amber Alerts, which are used when a child is abducted, and the aim is to eventually make it countrywide.CanadaOct 4
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Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girlsCanada and Manitoba are launching a pilot alert program — similar to an Amber Alert — that will send out emergency messages when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing.CanadaMay 3
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Study for Red Dress Alert starting at committee in Ottawa'We know that every day we wait, another woman, girl or two-spirit person goes missing. We cannot support that. We need action now. We need a Red Dress (Alert) now.'CanadaMar 19
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Canada begins consultations on alert system for missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit peopleNDP Winnipeg Central MP Leah Gazan has been a vocal advocate for an Amber-alert-like system for missing Indigenous people for quite some time.CanadaDec 3, 2023
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Calls for wider, more inclusive Amber Alert criteria after 8-year-old girl’s death in AlbertaCalls for additional, inclusive alert systems for missing persons come in the wake of MMIWG2S being labelled a Canada-wide emergency and the death of an 8-year-old child.PoliticsMay 12, 2023
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Motion urging MMIWG alert system gets House of Commons backingThe non-binding motion introduced by NDP MP Leah Gazan also declared the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls a Canada-wide emergency.CanadaMay 2, 2023
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NDP MP urges feds to create ‘Red Dress Alert’ for missing Indigenous womenAn NDP member of Parliament is asking the federal government to establish a system that would send the public a phone notification when an Indigenous woman goes missing.CanadaFeb 22, 2023
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