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Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC).
Native Women's Association of Canada.

(2021, November 25). Retrieved November 29, 2021, from https://www.nwac.ca/.

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After doing lots of research on the NWAC I checked out their social media platforms. Their Instagram is updating their 'Answer the Calls' campaign daily and provides a lot of insightful information on the things they are taking on. They also post a lot of updates on National news involving Indigenous communities and breakthroughs in the government policies.

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As a part of their 'Safe Passage' online resource, the NWAC has created a digital map to exemplify the violent crimes that have been committed against Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people.

This map was very eye opening to me and really gave me a sense of the scale of the MMIWG crisis. I have linked it here and encourage you to take a look at it as I feel it is very insightful.

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Safe Passage is a resource designed by the NWAC to provide insight into the violent crimes that were committed to Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people within the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ crisis. Safe Passage contains a virtual mapping data base that give insight into the MMIWG crimes and shows individuals the scale of the crisis and the communities where the crimes were committed in. Safe Passage also contains many resources to help educate society and raise awareness to end this cycle of violence and loss (Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021).

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What is Safe Passage?

Safe Passage is a project developed by the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) to help individuals learn more about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Canada.

Despite the work done during the National Inquiry, there is still a great deal we do not know about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. There has never been a national, coordinated effort by police or government to investigate the full scope of this crisis. That's where Safe Passage comes in.

With a holistic national database, dedicated research, and educational tools, Safe Passage seeks to inspire a transformational change. This project is the first of its kind, led by Indigenous women, documenting and researching this legacy of systemic violence.

Together, we can end this crisis and restore Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people's place in the world as sacred, loved, and honoured people.

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Safe Passage is a project developed by the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) to help individuals learn more about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Canada. Despite the work done during the National Inquiry, there is still a great deal we do not know about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

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The NWAC has multiple branches across Canada. In British Columbia the BC Native Women's Association is located in Kamloops B.C.

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The NWAC just recently launched their #Answerthecalls campaign a 16 days of activism to end the violence against Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people. The program started on November 25th the 40th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and ends December 10th International Human Rights Day (Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021). Over these 16 days, the NWAC states that they will "point to eight of the Calls for Justice that the federal government must quickly begin to implement" (Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021). This campaign will also help Canadians understand how they can be a part of the solution as individuals. This campaign is branched off of the 'Calls To Action' that was released by the NWAC last spring that highlights over 65 measurable actions the NWAC is taking on to answer the 'Calls For Justice' (Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021).

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Kci-Niwesq is an e-magazine that publishes the stories of Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people to cover the ground breaking struggles they have faced. It also dives into innovative programs and initiatives, and features interviews with inspiring individuals. Kci-Niwesq is a Maliseet phrase that means: the great spirit of the female side of all life and all things (The Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021).

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The NWAC targets a wide variety of policies, this includes:
- 2SLGBTQQIA
- Accessibility rights
- Bill S-3
- Business and Employment
- Child Welfare
- Education and Early Childhood Learning
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Conservation and Climate Change Office
- Food
- Forced Sterilization
- Health
- Human Rights
- Indian Act
- Industrial Projects and Impact Assessment
- International Advocacy
- Languages
- Legal Unit
- MMIWG
- Poverty Reduction
- Prisoner Rights and Criminalization
-  Water
- Youth Advocacy and Developmental Unit

The NWAC advocates for many different causes and matters which is a very big and important role. They provide resources to the public to educate them on these matters so that the public is aware of what is happening within Indigenous communities (Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021).

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1. Build a strong, resilient organization through internal capacity building

2. Be a full and equal participant on key issues of relevance to Indigenous women, gender diverse people and their families in Canada

3. Increase the communication and resource capacity of PTMAs

4. Build the leadership capacity of Indigenous women and gender diverse people

(Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021)

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The Native Women's Association of Canada is an organization that advocates for Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people on a political scale (Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021).

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I linked the NWAC's action plan because there is a lot of important information within it. They target multiple issues and what needs to be done as well as the cost expected and what resources they need. The action plan is very insightful and targets a lot of different issues surrounding the treatment of Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people (Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021).

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This photo is the cover page for the NWAC's action plan. This photo is a significant representation of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's crisis in Canada. The NWAC states that these four women are a symbol for the MMIWG cases. The red handprint is symbolic of all the voices that have been silenced. The women in the photo are all different ages to exemplify that this issue affects all generations. The number four is present in this art piece because it symbolizes four main paths; these four main women and four main animals are purposely put in the centre of this piece (Native Women's Association of Canada, 2021).

I wanted to share this artwork because it made me really think and analyze that MMIWG cases and their direct effect on families and communities. Furthermore, Indigenous communities and families felt the losses of these cases; I began to think about what loss means in the way of community and family, and how loss can directly affect them.