05/06/2021
Today is National Day of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and we are joining calls for !
In the U.S. Indigenous women experience the highest rates of violence of any group, with murder at more than 10X higher than the national average. This is unacceptable and we as a collective society must demand action and justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-spirit Relatives.
We know that when there is violence again women there is violence against the earth.
Extensive research has found that when extractive industries begin operating in frontline and Indigenous communities, instances of sexual violence, human trafficking, and other gender-based abuses increase. WECAN recently released a new report highlighting these intersection, be welcome to read more here: https://bit.ly/2021WECANreport
The epidemic of MMIW is a clear extension of colonial practices that have oppressed and enacted genocide on Indigenous communities throughout the world for centuries and have led to our current climate crisis. These colonial systems must be dismantled as we seek a future that respects Women and the Earth.
Our hearts go out to all the families whose mothers, aunties, daughters, sisters, cousins, and relatives have been stolen too soon. WECAN is committed to building a future where the lives of women are not seen as expendable but vital parts to an ever flourishing community.
Please follow National Indigenous Women's Resource Center and Sovereign Bodies Institute to learn more. Please consider supporting both of these organizations as they work to end violence against Indigenous women.
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