The Nexus Between Gender Based Violence and Housing Insecurity for American Indian and Alaska Native Survivors

For most survivors of sexual and domestic violence housing is an immediate and necessary need. For American Indian and Alaska Native Survivors the need is no different – but the additional barriers and complexities can sometimes feel insurmountable. This webinar discusses history’s impact on American Indian and Alaska Native housing instability and the findings from a group of experts from Indian country who work in the fields of gender-based violence and housing.

This webinar highlights the findings of two recent reports: Colonization, Homelessness, and the Prostitution and Sex Trafficking of Native Women and National Workgroup on Safe Housing for American Indian and Alaska Native Survivors of Gender-Based Violence: Lessons Learned.

Additional Reading:

• Fact Sheet: The Violence Against Women Act, 1994-2013 by NIWRC
• Fact Sheet: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act by NIWRC
• Fact Sheet: The Victims of Crime Act by NIWRC
• Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Sex Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota by the Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition and Prostitution Research & Education (PRE)
• Research Policy Update: Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women by the National Congress of American Indians
• Housing Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives in Tribal Areas: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Strategies to Restore Justice for Sex Trafficked Native Women by Christine Stark
• Best Practices for American Indian and Alaska Native Data Collection by the Urban Indian Health Institute