Workshop addresses violence against Indigenous women

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Workshop addresses violence against Indigenous women – Tbnewswatch.com

by ahnationtalk on March 19, 2018153 Views

Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek hosted a workshop in Thunder Bay to allow community members to heal and address issues of violence against Indigenous women.

THUNDER BAY – Violence is far reaching, impacting family, friends, and members of the community. For Indigenous women, who are statistically three times more likely to be the victims of violence, standing together as a community and sharing those experience provides an opportunity to heal and discuss ways to prevent future generations from becoming victims.

“I think it’s important to end violence, not just against women, but violence in general and looking out for the little ones coming up,” said Tracy Gibson. “We need to educate our younger ones, the children coming up. Violence doesn’t solve anything.”

Gibson was one of the participants in a workshop held in Thunder Bay on Saturday, hosted by Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (Sand Point First Nation) Health and Social Services to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous people together to honour the victims of violence and to discuss how communities can work together toward ending violence against Indigenous women.