MMIWG

Murdered Missing Indigenous

Women & Girls
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 The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) first started lobbying the
federal government in 2002 to address the systemic violence against Indigenous
women and girls.
 From 2005 to 2010, NWAC’s Sisters in Spirit (SIS) Initiative confirmed 582 cases
of missing and/or murdered Indigenous women and girls over a span of twenty
years and worked to raise awareness of this human-rights issue.
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 In 2014, the RCMP released a report revealing 1,181 cases of missing and/or
murdered Indigenous women and girls between 1980 and 2012.
 In September 2016, the Government of Canada launched an entirely
independent National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
and Girls. The oldest victim was an elder who was 83 years old.
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 The National Inquiry’s report provides 231 recommendations based on its
Truth-Gathering Process.
 The Highway of Tears is a 725-kilometre (450 mi) corridor of Highway
16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert in BC. which has been the
location of many disappearances and murders beginning in 1970.
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 More than 2,380 people participated in the National Inquiry into Missing and
Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, in some form or another.
 In June 2019, the MMIWG National Inquiry released their final report, finding
that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and
abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence
against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people.