Rights of indigenous women and girls 2015, para. 47c
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- [Indigenous women are significantly more likely to experience rape than non-indigenous women. It has been estimated that more than one in three indigenous women are raped during their lifetime. Behind these shocking statistics are multiple forms of sexual violence against indigenous women by a multitude of actors in different geographical regions. Coordinated and comparative information on sexual violence is very limited, due in part to significant underreporting and a lack of investment in disaggregated data collection that include indigenous women and communities. That makes analysis of systemic level prevalence and trends very difficult. Different forms of sexual violence have been reported, including the following:] Women have reportedly been subjected to harassment, extortion and rape by State officials at border crossings. For example, Miskito women, whose territories straddle Nicaragua and Honduras and who cross national borders every day to work their lands or to gather medicinal plants, are routinely exposed to sexual violence. In addition, military officials may perpetrate sexual violence as a weapon to weaken the resolve of indigenous communities in militarized disputes over land and resources;
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Année
- 2015
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- SR Indigenous Peoples, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/30/41, para. 47c.
- Paragraph number
- 47c
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