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Subhead: The first CEDAW investigation in a developed country is a "big black eye for Canada," says one activist. The findings may not produce government action, but can stir activism, says Sally Armstrong in this excerpt from the book "Uprising." Byline: Sally ArmstrongA placard in Vancouver with faces of some of the missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Canada, the United States, Scandinavia, Europe and Australia all made significant strides in equality rights for women in the second half of the 20th century. But along the way, the rights of aboriginal women were ignored, just as aboriginal people themselves were left out of equality equations in nation-building.