Combatting Violence Against Indigenous Women

Abstract

Indigenous women around the world face endemic levels of violence within their communities and at the hands of state and non-state actors (UNPFII, 2012). This is typically at higher rates than that experienced by non-indigenous women. In Canada, indigenous women are also almost three times more likely to be the victim of a violent crime (sexual assault, physical assault, robbery) than non-indigenous women (Brennan, 2011). In the United States, indigenous women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than non-indigenous women (Amnesty International, 2006, p. 2). In Australia, this rate of victimisation is three times higher for indigenous women than it is for non-indigenous women (Australian Law Reform Commission, 2010, para. 24.27) These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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