The Never-Ending Maze : Continued Failure to Protect Indigenous Women from Sexual Violence in the USA
Amnesty International (Author, Issuing body)
"Sexual violence against American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/ AN) women is at epidemic proportions in the USA and survivors are frequently denied justice. Despite piecemeal efforts to address this, the USA is failing in its obligation to protect AI/ AN women from sexual violence and is actively restricting tribal governments from doing so. The high rates of violence faced by AI/AN women have been compounded by the USA's steady erosion of tribal government authority and refusal to untangle the complex jurisdictional maze that survivors face. Further, the federal government has exacerbated matters by chronically under resourcing law enforcement agencies and Indigenous health service providers. Amnesty International first reported on the crisis of sexual violence against AI/AN women in 2007, with the publication of a report entitled Maze of Injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous women from sexual violence in the USA. Nearly 15 years later, there has been no significant decrease in sexual violence against AI/AN women."--Executive summary
eBook, English, 2022
Amnesty International Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 2022