“These Conversations Shouldn’t be Easy … You’re Going to Have to Shift. It Means Reflection … It Means Change”: Moving Anti-Oppression Beyond Incremental Changes in the GBV Sector

Little is known about racialized women's work experiences in EDI/AO policy-led Canadian women's organizations in the gender-based violence (GBV) sector. Twenty-three racialized and white GBV workers participated in a critical qualitative study. Five themes emerged illustrating that raciali...

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VerfasserInnen: Rodney, Ruth (VerfasserIn) ; Forde, Anika (VerfasserIn) ; Khan, Aaliya (VerfasserIn) ; Bonilla-Damptey, Jessica (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: Violence against women
Jahr: 2025, Band: 31, Heft: 12/13, Seiten: 3231-3260
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Civil Society
Women workers
anti-oppression policies
gender-based violence
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Zusammenfassung:Little is known about racialized women's work experiences in EDI/AO policy-led Canadian women's organizations in the gender-based violence (GBV) sector. Twenty-three racialized and white GBV workers participated in a critical qualitative study. Five themes emerged illustrating that racialized women workers are experiencing systemic violence through acts of racism and discrimination. The two themes examined in this paper: a culture of silence and shifting the needle forward reveal that the GBV sector is primarily an affirmative space. Creating greater safety for racialized women workers means moving toward transformative approaches that challenge the system's responsibility in creating and supporting anti-oppressive efforts in the elimination of violence.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012241270276