The intersection of gender-based violence and MMIWG is heavily intertwined. It is important to understand the connection between domestic, dating, and sexual violence and the high incidence of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) in the United States.
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The current reports of abduction and murder of Native women and girls are alarming and represent one of the most horrific aspects of the spectrum of violence committed against Native women. The murder rate of Native women is more than ten times the national average on some reservations. These disappearances or murders are often connected to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.
The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center has put together #MMIGW toolkits and awareness materials.
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Forms of Abolition:
Awareness,
Prosecution,
Empowerment
Forms of Slavery:
Sex Trafficking
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