Round-Up: April 7, 2015

• Last week rallies were held across the country for justice for Cindy Gladue, an indigenous woman whose killer was acquitted under ludicrous circumstances in Edmonton. Elle Beaver has rounded up some must-read articles by indigenous people on the Cindy Gladue case. I encourage you to spend some time reading their voices.
• The Alberta government has announced they will file an appeal in the Cindy Gladue verdict, but as kwetoday points out, there is good reason to be skeptical that justice for indigenous women like Gladue can be achieved through the criminal justice system.
• Vancouver’s trans awareness ad campaign is gaining accolades. Here’s one rave review from Ms. Magazine.
• Gersande La Fleche writes about online harassment as macro-level gaslighting (Model View Culture).
• Purvi Patel has become the first woman in the United States sentenced for feticide, after seeking medical treatment for vaginal bleeding after a possible miscarriage. Deepa Iyer suggests four things you can do right now if you’re outraged about this case.
• Meet Sofia, the 9-year-old who asked President Obama why there aren’t any women on U.S. currency (TIME).
• Women left Canada’s labour force in record numbers last year, but why? Toby Sanger at the Progressive Economics Forum delves into the numbers.
• RH Reality Check has a new series of posts on incarcerated women and the challenges they face around pregnancy, parental rights, assault, and mental health and addition treatment.