Amnesty International is advocating alongside partners including the Native Women's Association of Canada and Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights 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

Sign our online petition to the government of Canada

Learn more

Backgrounder on the issue

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 providing free, full, and informed consent and 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 in Saskatchewan representing Indigenous women who were sterilized without consent. See Maurice Law website for details.

Further reading

Maurice Law amended statement of claim, proposed class action law suit, Saskatchewan

External Review: Tubal ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women

UN Committee Against Torture, recommendations to Canada

Hashtags

#DefendConsent #ForcedSterilizations