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Canada: Condition of women worse in north
Oct 3 2006, Pooja

Recent study has postulated that the rate of violence against women is higher in Arctic than in the rest of Canada.

But some social workers have pointed out that till some extent, society is responsible for it because in some parts, violence is...

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