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 24: Fund a Bear Clan Patrol in the DTES that is led by Indigenous residents and based on Indigenous reciprocal responsibilities of safety, security, and kinship.-
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Recommendations to end Indigenous women’s displacement from land
Recommendation 36: All levels of government and police forces must end the criminalization of Indigenous peoples who are asserting their jurisdiction and rights to lands and resources.-
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Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 134: Redirect growing municipal, provincial, and federal police and prison budgets towards solutions that increase safety for Indigenous women such as more housing, child care, income, healthcare, mental health and addictions services, and healing supports.-
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Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES
Recommendation 135: Implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action on Justice for Indigenous Peoples.-
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Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES
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Recommendation 136: As in other jurisdictions, prohibit the police from carrying and using all lethal weapons. Even in the most escalated scenario, there is no justification for a police-involved lethal shooting.-
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Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES
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Recommendation 137: Eliminate the use of VPD restraint devices such as the hobble restraint device, and end the use of police dogs as weapons.-
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Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES
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Recommendation 138: Eliminate searches and monitoring of Indigenous women and girls by male police officers.-
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Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES
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Recommendation 139: Immediate independent investigation into the VPD practice of street checks with the goal of ending street checks.-
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Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES
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Recommendation 140: Reduce the number of bylaw infraction tickets issued by VPD in the DTES.-
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Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES
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Recommendation 141: Develop guidelines to facilitate greater use of police discretion not to lay charges especially for minor poverty-related offences.-
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