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Subject: USA - Prostitution & Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota
- Research
THE PROSTITUTION & TRAFFICKING
OF NATIVE WOMEN
IN MINNESOTA - GARDEN OF TRUTH -
RESEARCH REPORT
Direct Link to Full 72-Page Report:
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October 27, 2011
Melissa Farley, Nicole Matthews, Sarah Deer, Guadalupe Lopez, Christine Stark,
Eileen Hudon
A research study about the prostitution and trafficking of 105 Native Women
produced by Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition and Prostitution
Research & Education has found that:
- The women were prostituted and trafficked in multiple
locations including indoor (strip cubs, private homes, hotels, bars,
escort) and street prostitution.
- About half of the women had been trafficked, almost all
engaged in prostitution in order to survive, often under pimp or gang
control.
- Extreme and frequent violence was committed against
these women over the course of their lives. 79% had been sexually
assaulted by an average of 4 perpetrators. 92% had been raped. 84% had
been physically assaulted in prostitution. 72% had suffered traumatic
brain injuries from violence in prostitution.
- Racism was linked to sexism in prostitution and caused
the women great emotional distress.
- A majority of the women had symptoms of PTSD and
dissociation as a result of sexual violence.
- 98% of the women were currently or previously homeless;
92% wanted to escape prostitution but did not have other options.
- Many women expressed a need for counseling, health
care, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, homeless shelters,
and substance abuse treatment centers that
- Incorporated Native cultural traditions into the
healing services provided.
- The authors of the study stress that the women's
strengths as well as their vulnerabilities must be seen in the context of
a history of colonial harm on Native people, racism, poverty, and a lack
of housing, lack of equitable healthcare, and lack of job/educational
opportunities.
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