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Al Jazeera Staff

SHOCKING: Us canada commemorate missing and murdered indigenous women - What They Never Told You

Red dresses symbolise Indigenous women that have gone missing or been murdered in Canada and the US over the past decades [File: Amy Romer/Reuters]

Indigenous rights advocates in Canada and the United States have renewed longstanding calls for concrete action to stem disproportionate rates of violence against Indigenous women and girls in both countries.

Thursday marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the US, while it is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), otherwise known as Red Dress Day, in Canada.

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