Note
Papers from the conference, "Missing Women: Decolonization, Third Wave Feminisms, and Indigenous People of Canada and Mexico," held in Regina, Saskatchewan in August 2008.
Summary
"More than 300 women and men gathered in August 2008 at a conference entitled Missing Women: Decolonization, Third Wave Feminisms, and Indigenous People of Canada and Mexico. Here, personal stories and theoretical tools were brought together, as academics, activists, family members of missing and murdered women, police, media, policy-makers, justice workers, and members of faith communities offered their perspectives on the issue of racialized, sexualized violence."¨--P. 4 of cover.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Family stories -- 2. The violent erasure of women -- 3. Resisting with all the senses: art and activism -- 4. Organizational resistance: action from within -- 5. Self-care and the healing journey -- 6. Networking and strategizing -- Appendix A: Conference handout: summary of Provincial Partnership Committee on Missing Persons.