Hmong Women Achieving Together

Hmong Women Achieving Together, formerly known as Hmong Women’s Action Team, began as a grassroots organization in 1998 to address violence against women in the Hmong community. After a series of domestic violence cases became very public in the Hmong community, a core group of Hmong women leaders from the Twin Cities came together to discuss and address issues affecting Hmong women and girls. Furthermore, a study at the time, which involved a survey of over 100 community members, also found that sexism was a root cause of violence against Hmong women and girls. Hmong Women’s Action Team began under the Ramsey County Initiative for Violence Free Families with the mission to “end violence against Hmong women by ending sexism.”