Women's Memorial March

Women's Memorial March
Women's Memorial March
Also called	WMM
Date	February 14
Next time	14 February 2025
Frequency	Annual
First time	14 February 1992; 32 years ago
Related to	Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

The Women's Memorial March is an annual event which occurs on February 14 in honour of the lives of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) across Canada and the United States.^[1] This event is also a protest against class disparity, racism, inequality and violence.

The event originated in 1992 in Vancouver's Downtown East Side following the murder of a local Indigenous woman, Cheryl Ann Joe.^[1] Beginning as a small memorial for one woman, it has since grown to become an annual march to recognize all MMIWG. In Downtown East Side, the March begins on the corner of Main and Hastings and proceeds through downtown, stopping outside of bars, strip clubs, in alley ways and parking lots where women's bodies have been found. Each woman's name is read aloud along with the name(s) of direct family members (for example, "daughter of..." or "mother of...") before the family and supporters pause to grieve.^[2]

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^ Culhane, Dara (2003). "Their Spirits Live within us: Aboriginal Women in Downtown Eastside Vancouver Emerging into Visibility". American Indian Quarterly. 27 (3): 593–606. doi:10.1353/aiq.2004.0073. S2CID 162342553 – via JSTOR.

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[:04-2] Culhane, Dara (2003). "Their Spirits Live within us: Aboriginal Women in Downtown Eastside Vancouver Emerging into Visibility". American Indian Quarterly. 27 (3): 593–606. doi:10.1353/aiq.2004.0073. S2CID 162342553 – via JSTOR.

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