No More Stolen Sisters: Addressing Femicide Against Indigenous Women and Girls. Asia and the Pacific Report.

This report presents a summary of the discussions, insights, and recommendations from the Asia and the Pacific regional roundtable on No More Stolen Sisters. Addressing Femicide Against Indigenous Women and Girls, hosted by CEVAW and UNFPA. In Asia and the Pacific, the term “femicide’ is considered too narrow to capture the broader continuum of violence experienced by Indigenous women and girls. Deaths are misclassified as suicide, cases are under-reported due to families and communities choosing to keep the violence “private”. Harm is embedded within kinship and community structures that may remain invisible within conventional understandings of femicide. The risk to young girls and young women is particularly high. Disconnection from traditional land and kinship systems contributes to community fragmentation and heightened vulnerability across the region. Under-reporting continues due to racial/ethnic bias against Indigenous communities. Community-level data collection with embedded care practices must be prioritised in all institutional responses to allow victims/survivors and their family to tell their story.