Indian Law Resource Center

ILRC is being provided with funding to carry out the "Strong Nations/Safe Women" project, which will address the staggering incidence of sexual violence against Native women. The Center will collaborate with, train, and assist Native women and tribal leaders, providing legal information, training, and assistance within this campaign.

ILRC will consult with Native women's organizations and American Indian/Alaska Native nations to identify their highest needs and priorities pertaining to violence against women; develop training materials and conduct training sessions that address the needs and priorities identified in the consultations; provide legal advice and assistance to Indian organizations and American Indian/Alaska Native nations to help them effectively address the issue of sexual violence; and develop a communications initiative designed to disseminate knowledge and information that can be used by policy makers, administrators, advocates and others to address this issue.

Additionally, ILRC will expand their activities aimed at passage of a strong Organization of American States (OAS) American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. These efforts will include outreach to indigenous communities; organizing a day of human rights events in Washington, D.C. with other indigenous leaders; educational outreach to the U.S. Congress and encouragment of informational meetings with congressional staff; development of talking points for Indian advocates and other materials to support this work; strategic communications trainings for activists with the development of training materials to support those sessions; and providing advanced training and support to at least two tribes to help them participate in the OAS negotiations.