AMERICA/PERU - Annual report on Indigenous women and girls: victims of violence, atrocities and humiliations

Friday, 30 October 2015 indigenous women human rights

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Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Women and indigenous girls not only suffer human rights violations that often occur against the indigenous population in general, but they are also victims of other atrocities and humiliations. This is what is reported in the annual report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, which was recently presented at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
One of the most dramatic aspects, based on the information gathered, is that one indigenous woman out of three had been raped. In some cases the perpetrators are state officials or military authorities, who tried to "undermine the determination of the indigenous communities in the militarized disputes over land and resources". In other cases, violence occurs because indigenous women and girls work in private homes and risk being abused by employers.
The study also examines the murders and crimes that occurred against indigenous women "because of their marginalization and social, cultural, economic and political oppression, that leads to violence". (CE) (Agenzia Fides 30/10/2015)