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 188: All healthcare workers must believe Indigenous women and treat them as credible experts about their own health.-
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 189: All medical and nursing schools in Canada must require courses dealing with Indigenous health issues, including the legacy of colonialism and its impacts, as well as skills-based training in anti-racism, human rights, and trauma-informed care.-
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 191: Recognize Indigenous healing practices and have more health professionals trained in Indigenous health practices. Recognize the role of Indigenous reproductive and birthing knowledge, including ceremonies related to healthy sexual development.-
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 192: Opportunities for urban Indigenous women to learn traditional and land-based healing practices and develop peer-based holistic health support programs and activities such as regular opportunities to go canoeing, pick medicines, and harvest foods.-
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