The Alberta Joint Working Group on MMIWG (Joint Working Group) was created in 2020 by the Government of Alberta's Minister of Indigenous Relations in response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

The Alberta Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Roadmap (Roadmap) is a 2022 guide by and for the Alberta, Canada government for initiatives designed to address the disproportionate violence and economic hardships that members of the Indigenous community experience. The Roadmap is Alberta's response to the Canadian Government’s National Inquiry in Missing and Murdered Women and Girls (aka National Inquiry). The Roadmap has four pathways.

The Federal Pathway to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People (the Federal Pathway) is a program by the Canadian government to eliminate the violence that these marginalized groups disproportionately experience.

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People (National Action Plan) is an official strategy by the Canadian government to address systemic racism and violence that First Nations/Indigenous people experience.

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) prohibits employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on protected characteristics including sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and reproductive health decisions.

The California Equal Pay Act, codified in § 1197.5 of the California Labor Code, prohibits employers from paying employees less based on sex, race, or ethnicity for substantially similar work, viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsi

The Unruh Civil Rights Act, codified in the California Civil Code at § 51 et seq., provides that all persons in California are “free and equal” and, regardless of any protected characteristics including sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status.

California’s statutory protections against gender-based discrimination in education are located in the California Education Code.

California Penal Code § 647 criminalizes sexual exploitation and the intentional distribution of, or causing the distribution of, non-consensual intimate images of another identifiable person.

California Penal Code § 13700 establishes the foundational statutory definitions governing California's domestic violence laws by defining “abuse” to include intentionally or recklessly causing or attempting to cause bodily injury or sexual assault, or placing a person in reasonable apprehension of imminent serious bodily injury, and defining “domestic violence” as abuse committed against an adult or minor who is the offender's spouse,