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The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC) is a nonprofit organization that provides health resources to Native American women and also advocates for women's health, housing, and domestic violence support. [1] [2] [3] The organization was founded and is led by Native American women. [4]
Cheryl Suzack and Shari M. Huhndorf argue in Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism and Culture that: "Although Indigenous feminism is a nascent field of scholarly inquiry, it has arisen from histories of women's activism and culture that have aimed to combat gender discrimination, secure social justice for Indigenous women, and ...
The group published the Indigenous Women's Health Book, Within the Sacred Circle: Reproductive Rights, Environmental Health, Traditional Herbs and Remedies in 2004. Windspeaker called the book "well-organized and comprehensive", with issues about women's health written by Native women and including chapters about women who are two-spirited. [24]
A core issue in Native American Feminism is the missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) crisis. The MMIW, “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women”, movement advocates for the end of indigenous women that continue to be killed, assaulted, and stolen. Some statistics reveal that in 2016 alone, there were 5,712 cases of missing Native women.
As of July 2018, she is a board member for Our Revolution [7] [8] and the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center; [9] the senior strategist for Pipestem Law, [24] [45] a lawfirm specializing in representing Native American interests; [46] and the volunteer policy analyst for Mother Nation, [37] [38] [45] a nonprofit organization supporting ...
The North American Indian Women's Association (NAIWA) is a non-profit educational and service association, which seeks to promote intertribal communications, betterment of home, family life and community, betterment of health and education, awareness of Indian cultures, and fellowship among North American Indian people. [1]
This exhibition, titled "Look at the World Through Women’s Eyes", was on display through April 21, 1996. On September 28, 1996, the collection was exhibited at George Washington University in Washington D.C., during the National Women's Satellite Conference hosted by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. From April to June 1997, a selection of ...
In 1973, women's studies pioneer Catharine R. Stimpson called for the founding of a national women's studies organization. [9] Discussions took place over the next three years in women’s studies spaces. In 1976, Sybil Weir from San Jose State University called an official meeting for people interested in creating plans for a national ...