Introducing The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC)'s Research Priorities!
These were developed using a survey distributed within our communication platforms. In identifying codes and themes from the survey data, the following six priorities were thus developed. Priorities for FY24 and the movement continue to shift, change, and evolve. NIWRC will continue its efforts to uplift and provide the community with an uplifting community voice.
Indigenous Domestic Violence Survivors’ Wellness Services: Uplifting Our Voices (2023)
Description
Presented by: Kendra M. Root, NIWRC Research Associate
High rates of domestic violence (DV) disproportionately affect our Native American homes and communities. In 2022-2023 NIWRC Research and Evaluation explored holistic wellness journeys from Native American women who are domestic violence survivors. Survivors' stories captured the needs for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual restoration of balance in their lives. Using a feminist intersectional approach, two distinct focus group listening sessions were conducted for DV survivors to understand their wellness journey needs from interactions with healthcare providers in partnership with FUTURES Without Violence and DV service programs and providers. The Native American women stories were told from women representing Indian Country from the Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, South, Northeast, and Alaska regions. The critical stories will inform and grow knowledge, inform evaluation components, and provide culturally specific prevention efforts that will be used for the development of materials, resources, improve healthcare, wellness and healing services. Barriers, limitations, themes, and suggestions and recommendations for changes will be discussed. Results of both focus group listening sessions bring strong recommendations and attention that is needed to the desired interventions and preventions of our communities that are experiencing disproportionately high rates of DV.
