Research into gender-based violence has been released by Carrier Sekani Family Services and UNBC.
Work began in early 2023, trying to look at what’s being done in different jurisdictions in the north, and gathering quantitative data on what works from academic studies, government studies, and more.
Professor of History and Gender studies, Jacqueline Holler says they went to indigenous communities to find what is and isn’t working there.
“We know that the issue is really exaggerated lets say, in a lot of different Indigenous communities, and this is something Indigenous people have been telling us for a long time.”
“The kinds of violence, in terms of gender-based violence, can be the kinds of things that reach the news, or they can be day-to-day issues of domestic violence.”
Holler says the issue continues to be prevalent with a lack of attention towards mechanisms that make change.
She adds the report contains different recommendations, compiling previous recommendations, with a number of them not being utilized, and address specific recommendations to different groups.
“Culturally-based programming has a really strong affect on young men and women, and that’s an investment in the future in the terms of making them more resilient to perpetrating or becoming the victims.” says Holler
“If we can gather an address that to communities, and government knows this is a priority, that’s really what we’re looking at.”
Another recommendation added was ongoing evaluation, making sure whatever efforts are implemented are followed through.
Holler hopes this research will be applied in a hopeful manner, and are working on a plan to revisit the results.
More information can be found on UNBC’s website here.
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