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MMNHWG REPORT 7 SCOPE OF THE REPORT Pursuant to H.C.R. 11, the Hawaii State Commis- MMNHWG. Members of the MMNHWG TF were sion on the Status of Women (CSW) convened a selected and named by the Hawaii State Legisla- Task Force to study Missing and Murdered Na- ture. The MMNHWG TF is unique in that it is the tive Hawaiian Women and Girls (MMNHWG). The only MMIWG Task Force nationally that is led by a Missing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women government women's commission and native ad- and Girls Task Force (MMNHWG TF) is adminis- vocacy organizations rather than by law enforce- tered through the Hawaii State Commission on ment agencies. This is the first report to attempt the Status of Women and the Office of Hawaiian to reliably indicate how many Kanaka Maoli Affairs (OHA) and is comprised of individuals rep- women and girls are murdered and missing and resenting over 22 governmental and non-govern- measure the responses of various governmental mental organizations across Hawai'i that provide and nongovernmental services. services to those who are impacted by violence against Kanaka Maoli.The MMNHWG TF has the The MMNHWG TF, held seven virtual meetings kuleana of understanding the drivers that lead to discuss the process for program-level data to Kanaka Maoli women and girls to be missing collection and sharing and to engage in discourse and murdered, to propose solutions, and to raise about the disposition of MMNHWG in their re- public awareness about violence against Kanaka spective fields, departments, and programs. In Maoli. The findings and recommendations in this between full task force meetings, the principal report were provided to members of the MMN- investigator met with individual task force mem- HWG TF for review and their insights were includ- bers to work on obtaining quantitative data from ed. Any disparate agreement with the findings specific programs that provide direct service to and recommendations will be noted. those impacted by MMNHWG.The data presented about MMNHWG in this report were validated for The MMNHWG TF chaired through CSW and OHA accuracy by members of the MMNHWG TF. contracted with the principal investigator of this report to conduct research to prepare reports on 0 PRINCIPLE COMMISSION AGENCIES O .