It is estimated that approximately 50 per cent of the total Indigenous population, 238 million people, are women. Using their voices to advocate for their communities, Indigenous women have ...
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System showed a dozen missing Indigenous women from Arizona as of mid-2020. They’d been missing, on average, for 21 years. But the Arizona-based Navajo ...
Around the world: A new report in New Zealand reveals that four out of five homeless women are Māori; activists sound alarm on China's global cultural suppression; First Nations chiefs call for ...
WASHINGTON – Despite grants and numerous programs to help mitigate the issue, cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women continue at relatively high rates. The extent of the problem is almost ...
“These are a few of the names I wanted to read aloud, so they know they are not forgotten,” Charles-Newton told the House Appropriations Committee oversight hearing on Investigating the Crisis of ...
1:00 Murder trial in Indigenous woman’s death on hold after sudden plea change The trial of a man accused of murdering a 20-year-old Indigenous woman is on hold for now. Josh Benoit is charged ...
Ms. Oumarou Ibrahim’s experience led her to establish the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples Organization of Chad (AFPAT) when she was 12; the group connects with Mbororo communities ...
On July 27, the 35-year-old model, actress and activist became the first Indigenous woman to take home the crown. “It’s still so surreal,” she had said, shaking her head in amazement.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) –- Tribal leaders were on Capitol Hill Wednesday demanding accountability and asking for more resources for missing and murdered Indigenous women. During a House hearing ...
The powerful ceremony honoured missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people (MMIWG2S). Each red sparkle of light represented a victim in Canada — a lost life, and a family’s ...
“In my head, I was thinking, ‘I’ll show you’.” Taking up space ‘We need more Indigenous people in aviation, Indigenous women in aviation. We deserve to take up that space,’ says Charlton. Determined ...
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) –- Tribal leaders were on Capitol Hill Wednesday demanding accountability and asking for more resources for missing and murdered Indigenous women. During a House hearing, tribal ...