Violence Against Native Women Gaining Global Attention; Congress Encouraged to Act - ICTMN.com

12.10.12

Violence Against Native Women Gaining Global Attention; Congress Encouraged to Act - ICTMN.com: In the 21st Century, no woman should live day-to-day thinking about when they will be raped or how they will survive and cope after they are but that is the reality for American Indian women, which is gaining global attention following the release of a report by James Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

“Young women on the reservation live their lives in anticipation of being raped,” said Juana Majel-Dixon, 1st Vice President of the National Congress of American Indians and Co-Chair of the NCAI Task Force on Violence Against Women. “They talk about ‘how will I survive my rape’ as opposed to not even thinking about it. We shouldn’t have to live our lives that way.”

Anaya agrees.