Lack of resources behind slow pace of plan to prevent on violence against Indigenous women, official says

Nicole McCarty, the assistant deputy minister charged with overseeing the Women’s Equality branch in government, repeatedly ...

NM memorial calling for study of forced sterilization against women of color advances

A New Mexico committee advanced a memorial for a study of forced sterilization of Indigenous women and women of color in New ...
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The Indigenous women changing the course of their communities

Indigenous women leaders don’t only sustain life in their territories; they are also active defenders of water, seeds, ancestral knowledge and biodiversity. Together, they lead environmental ...
KUNM

Memorial would create a truth and reconciliation commission to investigate forced sterilization of Indigenous women

For decades, Native women and other women of color were subjected to forced sterilization by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service. Lawmakers introduced a memorial Tuesday ...
ABC15 Arizona

After years of funding with little headway, Indigenous women still missing and murdered at alarming rates

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 certainly ...
Arizona Daily Star

Indigenous women missing, murdered at high rates despite efforts

Cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women continue at relatively high rates, despite grants and numerous programs to help mitigate the problem. The extent of the issue is almost certainly ...
Mongabay

Indigenous women and the path to a just energy transition: Voices from the land (commentary)

The implementation of the energy transition is unfolding at the expense of biodiversity and communities — particularly Indigenous women, says Galina Angarova and Daniela De León, members of the SIRGE ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

Indigenous women hopeful after a woman who disappeared in 1983 is identified through DNA evidence

Memory Dawn Long Chase has been searching for answers after her sister went missing in 1983. Her sister, Lori Long Chase, was identified just one month ago when DNA testing matched her to her son who ...
The Maui News

Four Maui female entrepreneurs join Kukolu’s Indigenous Women’s Incubator Program, IWI

WAILUKU–Four Maui female entrepreneurs will be representing the Valley Isle as part of Kūkolu’s Indigenous Women’s Incubator (IWI) program. The Maui-based participants include Halli Marie Ancheta of ...
Georgia Straight

Matriarchs Uprising returns with dance that centres Indigenous women

The Matriarchs Uprising Festival returns this month with a week-long celebration of contemporary dance by Indigenous women from Canada and Australia.

In Bolivia's capital, women are leading a culinary revolution

In the high-altitude capital La Paz, women-led food businesses are showcasing indigenous ingredients from both the Andes and ...
Mexico News Daily

New statues on Paseo de la Reforma honor six Indigenous women

Six Indigenous women have been given statues on the Paseo de las Heroinas in Mexico City. Here's the story behind each.