Indigenous Women

• What plays a role with Indigenous women and the challenges they face?

  What plays a role with Indigenous women and the challenges they face are: householding crowding often leads to social issues, mental health problems, and family violence.
• In terms of employment and income, what are the statistics among Indigenous women?

  Indigenous women are less likely than their non-Indigenous counterparts to be part of the paid workforce and the rates of unemployment among Indigenous women are twice as high than for non-Indigenous women. They are also much more likely to live in households with incomes under the poverty line.
• How is the high risk of victimisation of Indigenous women reflected?

  The high risk of victimisation of Indigenous women are reflected by:

  • More likely to be affected by all types of violent victimisations.
  • Homicide rate is six times higher than that of non-Indigenous women.
  • Higher rate of spousal violence; three times more likely than non-Indigenous women to report being the victim.
  • High risk of sexual assault especially if they had parents who attended residential schools and experienced childhood abuse.