A significant factor in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse People (MMIWG2S+) genocide is the anti-Indigenous racism that Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse (WG2STGD) people experience at an alarmingly high rate, particularly as it pertains to reproductive healthcare. Through decades of advocacy and research, The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has listened to the knowledge, perspectives, and experiences of Indigenous WG2STGD people regarding health and social care providers (HSCPs), many of whom shared painful and violent experiences of anti-Indigenous racism.
This toolkit enables HSCPs to implement the National Inquiry’s Calls to Justice 3.2 and 7.6 and redress the ongoing MMIWG2S+ genocide. This toolkit also furthers NWAC’s Our Calls Our Action Plan to provide lasting health, policy, research, training, and programs to support Indigenous-led health initiatives, including mental health and wellness and ending forced sterilization.