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Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls

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Highway of tears by McDiarmid, Jessica
Call Number: 971. 185 MCD
ISBN: 9780385687577
Publication Date: 2019

MMIWG & Media

Media portrayals of missing and murdered Indigenous women That Indigenous women are likely to be victims of violence is not news: Indigenous women aged 25 to 44 are five times more likely to suffer a violent death than other women in Canada.
No News Isn’t Always Good News: Media Representation of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada This paper examines media representation of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Indigenous women and girls receive disproportionately less media coverage than their non-Indigenous counterparts in the number of and details in news reports.
On Canadian median coverage of MMIWG
Missing, Murdered and the Media Why journalists must cover Indigenous stories better
Where’s the Media Attention for Missing Indigenous Women? MMIW and the media in US
War on Indigenous Women: A Short Guide for Journalists Reporting on MMIWG Findings from the December 6 panel discussion ‘Crimes of Power: Reporting on Femicide,’ hosted by CWGL’s Journalism Initiative on Gender-Based Violence in collaboration with the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center.
This massive newspaper contains 'cover stories' of hundreds of MMIWG to spur national action
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S) Resources at UBC
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