Sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada without Consent
Amnesty International is advocating alongside partner organizations to end forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada. We are calling on government to do three things: investigate it, stop it, and ensure justice for survivors.
Get involved
Express your solidarity with survivors of forced and coerced sterilization in Canada
Write a letter to provincial and territorial health ministers
Sign our online petition to the government of Canada
Learn more
Interview with leading expert Alisa Lombard
Joint civil society statement to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Sterilizing women without consent is torture, says UN Committee
Where to disclose
If you are an Indigenous woman in Canada and you have been sterilized without your free, full, and informed consent, and you want to confidentially disclose what happened to you, you may wish to contact Maurice Law, the Indigenous law firm leading the proposed class action law suit representing Indigenous women who were sterilized without consent. See Maurice Law website for details. You can fill out their online form, and an Indigenous woman lawyer will contact you by phone.
Further reading
Maurice Law amended statement of claim, proposed class action law suit, Saskatchewan
UN Committee Against Torture, recommendations to Canada
Hashtags
#DefendConsent #ForcedSterilizations
