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The REDress Project Highlights Missing, Murdered Native American Women

The REDress Project Highlights Missing, Murdered Native American Women

Forty red dresses hang outside of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington. They’re present 24 hours a day, in all weather, to draw attention to the plight of missing and murdered indigenous women who experience violence at a much higher rate than non-indigenous women. The dresses are part of an exhibit being presented in the U.S. for the first time. VOA’s Julie Taboh has more- VOA NEWS

Featured Image: National Museum of the American Indian – panoramio is Licensed Under Gabriele Giuseppini is Licensed Under CC BY 3.0

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