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

Publisher:  Amnesty International, USA
Date Written:  23/04/2007
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

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