Violence Against Women

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Michigan Women’s Commission raises awareness

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 4 June 2020 --

Nationally, criminals target Native American women for 34% of all rapes and 61% of all assaults (“Violence Against Women in Indian Country,” Indian Country Today, 2015), yet Native Women are less than 1.7% of the U.S. population (Census Bureau, 2010). In Michigan, there are 4 victims of human trafficking for every 100,000 residents (World Population Review, 2020). Native Americans are 0.6% of the population...

See the link below for the full article:
https://indiancountrytoday.com/the-press-pool/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-michigan-women-s-commission-raises-awareness-c1VD--KC-UC6TdYe4wHDWQ