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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Immediate services needed in the DTES
Recommendation 27: Create a diversity of low-barrier, peer-based jobs in the DTES with priority hiring and support for Indigenous women of the community. Ensure that peer workers are paid a living wage, have full benefits, and the right to unionization. Recognize the contribution of volunteers and create appropriate and accredited volunteer programs to transfer skills and enable access to employment.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Employment security
Recommendation 75: Increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by June 2019 for all workers with no exemptions, and increase it annually till it reaches a living wage that matches the cost of living.-
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Employment security
Recommendation 78: Expand the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model for all employment support programs.-
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Employment security
Recommendation 79: Recognize the role and contribution of volunteers in the DTES, and create accredited volunteer programs to transfer skills and enable access to employment opportunities.-
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Employment security
Recommendation 80: All levels of government should pay living wages to all direct and contracted government employees, and encourage other employers to do the same.-
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Employment security
Recommendation 81: Enact stand-alone proactive pay equity legislation that requires public and private sector employers to pay women equal pay for work of equal value.-
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Employment security
Recommendation 82: Restore the coverage and enforcement of employment standards at the Employment Standards Branch including effective proactive investigations and enforcement for wage theft and other employment violations, and providing benefits such as paid sick leave to all workers.-
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Recommendations to guarantee economic security for Indigenous women in the DTES
Universal public services
Recommendation 87: Free postsecondary tuition:- Free tuition for all postsecondary education for all Indigenous women and girls.
- Eliminate all interest on existing student loans for Indigenous women and girls.
- Under the Single Parents Employment Initiative, extend tuition coverage to multi-year degrees and training programs and remove the restricted list of eligible careers and programs.
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Expanded health services
Recommendation 205: Ensure that people with mental health and/or substance use-related disabilities have a means to enforce their human rights related to accessing and maintaining their housing and employment.-
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