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Violence at the Intersections of Women’s Lives in an Urban Context

Indigenous Women’s Experiences of Leaving and/or Staying With an Abusive Partner

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ID12437158
AuthorsVictoria Smye (0000-0001-6588-4925, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, corresponding author), C Varcoe (0000-0001-9090-2793, University of British Columbia), A Browne (0000-0002-6320-4428, University of British Columbia), Annette J Browne (The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada), M Stout (0000-0001-6657-534X), Madeleine Dion Stout (Indigenous Health Consultant, Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada), Josewski (0000-0002-1271-8891, Simon Fraser University), Viviane Josewski (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada), Marilyn Ford-Gilboe (0000-0003-4328-8748, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada), Barbara Keith (0000-0001-5043-3953, Indigenous Health Consultant, Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada)
Year2020
Volume27
Issue10
Pages1586-1607
Publication date2020-08-19
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801220947183
PMID32814503
OpenAlexW3050080871
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited45

This article is based on an ethnographic study exploring Indigenous women's experiences of leaving intimate partner violence. Analysis draws attention to the contextual features of Indigenous women's lives that differentially shaped women's experiences of "leaving and/or staying" with an abusive partner. Our findings are identified and described across four intersecting thematic areas: (a) the context of state-Indigenous relations; (b) complex trauma, stigma, and discrimination; (c) kinship and ties to communities and the land; and (d) health, healing, and resistance. These findings offer valuable insights into what constitutes appropriate, safe services, and support for the Indigenous women whose lives are shaped by multiple forms of violence

Abusive relationship · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Domestic violence · Ethnography · Geography · Indigenous · Kinship · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Suicide prevention · Thematic analysis · Anthropology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year2.25
Citation span2022 - 2025 (4)
Highly citedNo

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