Human security and aboriginal women in Canada

Specialists in the field anonymously review each paper and provide comments on: • The accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the information presented; • The extent to which the methodology used and the data collected support the analysis and recommendations; • The original contribution the report would make to existing work on this subject, and its usefulness to equality-seeking organizations, [...] It is women who give birth in the physical and in the spiritual sense to the social, political and cultural life of the community. [...] This analysis, from First Nations women’s perspective, includes an awareness and acknowledgment of the impact of colonization on gender roles, the interconnectedness of women to family, community and nation, and the centrality of spirituality in Aboriginal world views. [...] A second definition considers the main threat to human security to lie in the denial of fundamental human rights, the absence of the rule of law, and a lack of democratic governance. [...] Consideration of gender in security would need to include a full examination of the structure of power relations in the international and the national systems and concrete measures to address it.