#Metoo must be more inclusive: advocates

Marking the fifth year of the global #Metoo whistle-blowing movement, various community organizations came together in Montreal on Saturday for a media conference at the Maison des femmes sourdes de Montréal to denounce the lack of inclusivity and resources offered to victims of sexual assault. Maude Massicotte, deputy co-ordinator of the National Institute for Equity, Equality and the Inclusion of People With Disabilities, spoke of the inaccessibility of the #Metoo movement for women with disabilities. Although these women are two to three times more at risk of being sexually assaulted, they remain absent from Quebec statistics on sexual violence and do not have access to appropriate sex education, Massicotte said. The media event also aimed to recognize the hard work of La voix des jeunes compte, a group of young racialized women age 11 to 24 who have been mobilizing for more than five years against sexual violence in Quebec schools.