Events across New Brunswick mark Red Dress Day
On May 5 communities across New Brunswick held gatherings, memorials and Sacred Fires to mark Red Dress Day honoring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. Events included remembrance circles, music, poster displays and educational sessions explaining the historical and systemic drivers of violence against Indigenous women and gender-diverse people. Organizers encouraged participants to wear red, support Indigenous-led organizations and learn resources for preventing and investigating disappearances and murders. Red Dress Day keeps focus on the ongoing crisis of MMIWG2S+, amplifies families' calls for justice and presses federal and provincial governments for sustained accountability and funding.
1/ On #RedDressDay, New Democrats honour the families, survivors, and advocates who work tirelessly to demand justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Gender Diverse Peoples.
NDP92/ Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people face disproportionately high rates of violence, and are nearly six times more likely to be murdered than non-Indigenous people in Canada. Between 2019 and 2025, more than one in four women killed in this country were Indigenous.
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