Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is a big problem in the United States and Canada. In both countries, Indigenous women and girls are more likely to go missing or be murdered than non-Indigenous women and girls.[1][2][3][4]
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Missing and murdered Indigenous womenPhoto of an art installation inspired by The REDress Project—an on-going project by Métis artist Jaime Black; taken on the National Day for Vigils for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Seaforth Peace Park, Vancouver, Canada), 2016. |
Abbreviation | MMIW or MMIWG |
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Formation | Canada and United States |
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Purpose | To increase awareness of disproportionate violence experienced by Indigenous women |
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Products |
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (June 2019)
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview (2014)
"Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls (CBC investigative report)
- Faceless Dolls Project
- REDress Project
- Forensic Document Review Project
- 2011 Statistics Canada report
- NCMPUR Fast Fact Sheet
- 2015 "RCMP report on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women"
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Methods |
- marches
- meetings (community meetings, local city council meetings, tribal council meetings, validation meetings)
- databases
- domestic violence trainings
- Inuksuit stone monuments
- Guided Dialogues
- Community, institutional, expert, and knowledge-keeper hearings
- 2016–19 National Inquiry's forensic audit
- 2013 Ph.D. thesis
- multimedia (movies, podcasts, plays, other performances)
- National Inquiry’s Legacy Archive
- National Day of Awareness for MMIWG
- Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS)
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Affiliations |
- Native Women's Association of Canada
- Assembly of First Nations
- Project E-Pana
- Drag the Red
- Walking With Our Sisters
- Sovereign Bodies Institute
- Sisters in spirit
- Amnesty International Canada
- KAIROS
- Elizabeth Fry Society
- Anglican Church of Canada
- National Coalition for our Stolen Sisters
- National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains
- Canadian Police Information Centre
- National Family Advisory Circle
- National Inquiry Elders and Grandmothers Circle
- Sacred MMIWG / FFADA sacrées #SacredMMIWG
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The problem of MMIW reflects the intersectionality of racism and sexism Indigenous women in the US and Canada face. It also shows how the governments are not doing enough to help women.