This study offers a unique opportunity to rally behind the UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaignof the United Nations Secretary-General and to remain steadfast to the recommendations of his two2006 global studies on violence against children and violence against women.

This results bring into sharp focus the pervasive nature of violence and its nexus with other human rights concerns, such as the right to be protected from discrimination, justice, education and health, including sexual and reproductive health. It furthermore underscores the inextricable association between the vulnerability to violence suffered by indigenous girls, adolescents and young women and the broader contexts of historical and continuing marginalization and discrimination of many indigenous peoples.