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This report communicates the issues,
outcomes, and engagement of the Canadian
Human Rights Commission in 2013. The
Canadian Human Rights Commission is the
independent body that administers the
Canadian Human Rights Act and ensures
compliance with the Employment Equity Act.
The Commission's mandate is to protect the
core principle of equal opportunity and
promote a vision of a society free from
discrimination by promoting human rights
through research and policy development,
protect human rights through a fair and
effective complaints process, and
represent the public interest to advance
human rights for all Canadians. In this
report, the Commission addresses three
issues that are relevant to Indigenous
women's rights: 1) barriers to human
rights justice faced by Aboriginal women;
2) the call for a national inquiry into
violence against Aboriginal women; and 3)
the fact that Aboriginal people face
greater disadvantage than non-Aboriginal
people. Other issues covered by the report
include the process of filing a human
rights complaint and the statistics of
such complaints in 2013; legislative
changes and legal updates; and advice to
parliament on the issues of matrimonial
real property rights, workplace
discrimination, and gender identity.