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For Years, We Have Been Kept Silent
The crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls is a national epidemic. Stemming from historic traumas suffered by tribal communities, Native Americans suffer violence and abductions at disproportionately high rates.
The California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls can be a force for change in this dire situation, says Catalina Chacon, the commission’s only Native American member.
About the Commission
For nearly 60 years, the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls has identified and worked to eliminate inequities in state laws, practices, and conditions that affect California’s women and girls. Established as a state agency with 17 appointed commissioners in 1965, the Commission regularly assesses gender equity in health, safety, employment, education, and equal representation in the military, and the media. The Commission provides leadership through research, policy and program development, education, outreach and collaboration, advocacy, and strategic partnerships.
All references to “women and girls” include gender-expansive individuals, cis women and girls, trans women and girls, nonbinary individuals, gender-nonconforming individuals, genderqueer individuals, and any women or girl identified individuals.
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