Alaska Native women have the highest rates of sexual violence of any population in the United States. They comprise 19% of the Alaska state women, but 47% of reported rape. Every 18 hours, an Alaska Native woman is sexually assaulted.

SOURCE | ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE: ENDING VIOLENCE SO CHILDREN CAN THRIVE
NOVEMBER 2014
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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