Alaska Public Media

National Native helpline for domestic violence and sexual assault to open Alaska-specific service

Alaska has the third-highest rate of intimate partner violence against women in the nation, and men kill women in Alaska at a ...
Yahoo

Today is Native American Women's Equal Pay Day. Here's Why It Matters.

Native American Women's Equal Pay Day is a powerful reminder of the ongoing struggle for economic equality faced by Native American women. Observed on November 30th each year, Native American Women's ...
Yahoo

Native Hawaiian women and girls experience sex trafficking and violence at alarming rates, report says

Native Hawaiian women and girls experience disproportionate levels of violence, inequities that have long been insufficiently addressed, new research shows. In particular, sexual exploitation remains ...
USA Today

Native Hawaiian women too often go missing and face violence. A new federal policy may help.

The average profile of a missing child in Hawaii is a 15-year-old Native Hawaiian girl. Despite making up just 10% of the state’s population, Native Hawaiian girls and women account for nearly 2 in 3 ...
PBS

How prejudice affects official search for missing Indigenous women, other women of color

While Gabby Petito's death has captured national attention, tens of thousands of people are reported missing or murdered every year in the U.S. Native women are murdered at rates 10 times the national ...
The Conversation

During NAIDOC Week, many Indigenous women are assigned unpaid work. New research shows how prevalent this is in the workplace

Madi Day received funding from the Commission for Gender Equity in the Public Sector's Research Grants Round 2022- Victoria State Government. Bronwyn Carlson received funding from the Commission for ...
KOAT Albuquerque

Native American women face murder rates 10x more than national average

ISSUE. THEY CALL A CRISIS. LARGE GROUP GATHERED IN ALBUQUERQUEHE T NAMES OF MISSING OR MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN DENDMAING MORE OF OUR COMMUNITIES START CARING ABOUT SOMETHING THEY’VE KNOWN ABOUT FOR ...
The Spokesman-Review

‘Native women are unstoppable’: Lily Gladstone’s plan to expand Indigenous inclusion

LOS ANGELES – When all this is over, when Lily Gladstone no longer has to discuss and dissect and get all dressed up to celebrate “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the movie that first came into her life ...
CNN

Five locations throughout the US have been renamed to remove a derogatory term for Indigenous women

The United States Department of the Interior has replaced a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for centuries in five areas across the country. The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted on ...
NBC News

Indigenous women on TikTok say they’re being unfairly harassed for their association with creator Modern Warrior

After her video about treaties between U.S. settlers and Native tribes was reposted by TikTok celebrity Modern Warrior, the Navajo creator known as Witchy Twitchy said she woke up to an inbox flooded ...
WGBH

Local Native Americans Seek Action On Unsolved Murders And Disappearances Of Indigenous Girls And Women

Jane Oleson, a member of the Mik'Maq Wag Mat Cook Native American community said she felt treated unfairly by Boston detectives investigating the cause of her daughter’s death. “When I called to get ...
The Conversation

Friday essay: ‘too many Aboriginal babies’ – Australia’s secret history of Aboriginal population control in the 1960s

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...