In 2019, the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre published the report entitled “RED WOMEN RISING: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside” and written by Carol Muree Martin (Nisga’a – Gitanyow) and Harsha Walia. This report is the first comprehensive project with Indigenous women survivors in the DTES figuring at the very centre of community research, rather than as a secondary statistic.
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Recommendation 181: Strengthen all the social determinants of Indigenous women’s health by ensuring access to and governance over land, culture, language, housing, child care, income security, employment, education, and safety.-
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Recommendation 183: End the health risks associated with living in the DTES by ensuring healthy environments and built-environments in all buildings, residences, and outdoors. This includes the right to:- Clean air and clean streets.
- Green space and urban ecological systems.
- Sanitation.
- Accessible and clean public washrooms.
- Potable water.
- Functioning water fountains and more access to water sources.
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