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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: The Gaps in the Research
Renee Guzman Social Welfare
- Dr. Danica Miller
University of Washington Tacoma
Indigenous Women: The Gaps in the Research Renee Guzman Social - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Indigenous Women: The Gaps in the Research Renee Guzman Social - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: The Gaps in the Research Renee Guzman Social Welfare Dr. Danica Miller University of Washington Tacoma MMIW: Thesis This raises the question of how the federal government is primarily responsible
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MMIW: Thesis
“This raises the question of how the federal government is primarily responsible for the high rate of Missing and murdered indigenous women.”
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
- The highest rate of missing and murdered women
compared to all other ethnicities
- Misidentified as other ethnicities
- Stereotyped as runaway or other racial excuses
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Contributions
- Lack of cooperation by Federal government
- Lack of documentation on missing women into the
national database
- Lack of policy enforcement or racist policies implemented
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Methods:
- VAWA- Policies
- Lack of documentation
- Gaps (hidden negligence)
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Resolution, You Ask?
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Global Connections
- Canada, India, Middle East, Mexico
- Sexism, Racism, Romanization of the
“other”
- Dehumanizing women
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Solution
- Recognition of Women
- Address sex trafficking
- Rape
- Abuse
- Dehumanization
- Patriarchy