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141 MMNHWG REPORT MMNHG SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES Systemic inequities are closely woven to the prevalence of NHWG violence. Systemic inequities create material conditions that make everyday life a challenge. Some may refer to these systemic inequities as "risk factors"for being murdered and missing. Using the term "systemic inequities" is a way to be more deliberate with naming the mechanisms of violence against Kanaka Maoli women and girls as a social epidemic needing systemic responses In 2021,9.895 of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander fami- men (Anderson&Williams-Baron,2017;OHA,2018). lies were living in poverty compared to 8.0910 of the total The largest disparities in terms of poverty status for population.General povery rates show that 13.395 of Kanaka Maoli women and girls is at age 15 (5%higher Native Hawaiians live in poverty compared to 11.2910 of than non-Native Hawaiian females)and at ages 25-34 the total population (U.S.Census Bureau,2021). Kanaka (over 10910 higher than non-Native Hawaiian males Maoli women are impacted adversely by race and also and 4.195 higher then Native Hawaiian males of the by gender.The gender wage gap is the disparity be- same age) (OHA,2018).These ages are vital to healthy tween what men are paid and what women are paid on human development since adolescence is a time of average.In Hawaii,Kanaka Maoli women are paid 29910 critical growth. less than white men and 18%less than Kanaka Mach SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE Substance abuse,such as binge drinking and illicit drug in Hawai'i (HHDW, BRFSS,2020).52.995 of Kanaka Maoli _ use,are spiritual disconnectors that can lead to Kanaka high school girls have tried illicit drugs,which is 15.895 Maoli erasure through death.Kanaka Mach,for exam- higher than non-Kanaka Maoli girls and 1795 higher than ple,are two times more likely to die of alcohol-induced for Kanaka Maoli boys (HHDW,YRBS,2019). cirrhosis than the overall average for all ethnic groups FOSTER1 CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT Kanaka Maoli children are overrepresented in place- 44.4910(N=151) of"street youth,"including those who ment in the Hawaii Department of Human Services are homeless and runaways,are Kanaka Maoli,the (DHS) Child Welfare Services (GWS)foster care system. largest percentage of any racial/ethnic group in Hawai'i In 2019,4595 of children in foster care in Hawaii (N= (Yuan et al.,2018).More than one in 10 homeless youth 1,238)were Kanaka Mack (DHS,CWS 2021). on O'ahu reported selling sex to survive on the streets, with two-thirds (6595)of these youth reporting that they were forced by a third party(Yuan et al.,2018).