MMIWG2S - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit

Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people suffer gender-based violence and go missing at alarming rates. That’s why the Native Justice Coalition launched the MMIWG2S Program; the abbreviation stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People. This Native-led organization provides trainings and education, policy advocacy, conferences, community support, and more.

The legacy of violence against our Native women and children within New Mexico dates to the Spanish and Euro-American invasion of our Native lands and our sacred bodies. From the Navajo Long Walk to the slave trades in Albuquerque’s Old Town to the current struggles of cases being lost within our judicial system- this is a legacy of violence… This incursion of violence onto our most sacred… Must be spoken about.

SOURCE: Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women