Maze of Injustice: The failutre to protect indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/035/2007/en/ce2336a3-d3ad-11dd-a329-2f46302a8cc6/amr510352007en.html
Date Written:  2007-04-23
Publisher:  Amnesty International, USA
Year Published:  2007
Pages:  41pp   Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX12399

More than one in three Native American or Alaska Native women will be raped at some point in their lives. Most do not seek justice because they know they will be met with inaction or indifference. Index Number: AMR 51/035/2007.

Subject Headings

• Crime Statistics
• Criminal Justice System
• Human Rights Violations
• Impunity
• Indigenous Justice
• Indigenous Peoples
• Indigenous Women
• Sexual Abuse/Assault
• Sexual & Gender-Based Violence
• Victims of Crime
• Violence against Women & Children
• Women's Issues/Justice
• Women's Issues/Violence