b'ADVOCACYBUILDING BACK STRENGTH By Bryan HansenThe NIWRC pulls outE stablished in 2010, theAccording to a 2018 report by the National National IndigenousInstitute of Justice, more than four in all the stops to protectWomens Resourcefive Indigenous women will experience Center (NIWRC) is a U.S.- violence in their lifetime, and it can Indigenous womenbased organization providing nationaltake many formsphysical, sexual and across the U.S. andleadership to end violence againstemotional abuse, as well as human traf-American Indian, Alaska Native andficking and murder. The NIWRC staff empower them to takeNative Hawaiian women and girls. Thecollaborates with and supports groups NIWRC delivers resources and assistancein measuring the precise extent of the charge of their destiny violence, while also assisting those affected. to Indigenous women and girls impacted by violence and advocates at a nationalWe always intuitively knew this was level for their rights and distinctivehappening [but] until recently there circumstances. The organization also aimshavent been formal statistics-gathering to prevent future acts of violence and toprograms, says Dorma Sahneyah, Deputy create a more equitable future. Director at the NIWRC and a member of 18Fall/Winter 2023'