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Charon Asetoyer (Comanche) |
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Treasurer
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Executive Director of the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
Charon Asetoyer (Comanche), a Native American women's health advocate and community activist, holds a Masters of International Administration and Management with a Bachelors of Arts in Criminal Justice. She currently is the Executive Director and Founder of the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center located on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. For the past 22 years the organization has been known for it's work on Indigenous women's reproductive justice at the local, national and international levels. Under Charon's leadership the Resource Center has published several reports and policy papers on the status of Indigenous women's reproductive health. Charon's International work has includes consultations with the World Health Organization's Global AIDS program under the late Dr. Jonathan Mann, addressing the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the status of Indigenous Peoples in the 80's, participation in the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, participation in various International forums and conferences. In August 2001, she facilitated a working group at the United Nations on "The Current Status of Health of the World's Indigenous Peoples", at a meeting convened by the High Commission on Human Rights. Charon is also an active participant of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She was appointed and confirmed by the President of the United States (Clinton Administration) to serve on the National Advisory Council for Health and Human Services (HHS) and has served on National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (NEJAC) of the US EPA. Charon has received many awards for her work including The Gloria Steinem, "Woman Of Vision Award," by the Ms Foundation, the "Jessie Bernard Wise Women Award" by the Center for Women Policy Studies, in 2002 she was one of the "Bread and Roses Award Winners" an award honoring Women of Color in the Environmental Justice Movement held during The Second National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., and in January 2005, she was selected to be one of the "21st Leaders for the 21st Century" by Women's e-news. Charon has published numerous articles on Indigenous women health and reproductive justice including the Indigenous Women's Health Book, Within the Sacred Circle.
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