Resolution adopted July 2, 2017 by the National Organization for Women Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Resist, Resilience and Grit Campaign
Ending Violence Against
Indigenous Women
Ending Violence Against
Indigenous Women
WHEREAS, as of 2017, NOW does not have policy supporting the
2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the
minimum standard for the survival, dignity and well-being of the indigenous
peoples of the world; and
WHEREAS, it is the 10-year Anniversary of the United Nations
Resolution on 18 December 2007, Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual
violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related
situations, and recognizing that rape can constitute a war crime, a crime
against humanity, or a constitutive act with respect to genocide and that NOW
does not have a statement, policy or action about the Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women; and
WHEREAS, recognizing that (1) indigenous peoples experience
the highest levels of poverty, marginalization, forcible relocation which
contributes to the destruction of Indigenous Peoples' social and political
structures, resulting in physical and spiritual dislocation in the US and
worldwide, and (2) there is an urgency to protect Indigenous women’s’ autonomy
and control over their traditional lands in a time of impinging material and
economic interests of states and non-state entities; and (3) NOW has not yet
made a stand with a policy endorsing our indigenous women and allies who are
demanding emancipation to attain free, prior and informed consent of indigenous
women's rights;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that NOW supports and encourages
chapters and states to implement a creative interactive, multimedia, “Resist,
Resilience and Grit Campaign” in solidarity to re-educate the agents of
oppression on the issues of indigenous rights, contamination of water, and
violence against women; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that NOW encourages chapters and
states to develop a campaign to End Violence Against Women and Allies on
Indigenous Lands; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that NOW endorses and implements the
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a means to protect the rights
of indigenous women while working with them to contribute toward the solutions
to some of our present-day challenges; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that NOW encourages chapters and
states, as a signal to all local enforcement agencies, National Guard and
military, to support a citizens’ suit against those attacking Human Rights
Defenders, Water Protectors, Land Defenders, et al. at Standing Rock.
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