Perseverance, Determination and Resistance: An Indigenous Intersectional-Based Policy Analysis of Violence in the Lives of Indigenous Girls

Argues that to address root causes it is necessary to foreground the knowledge of affected communities and support researchers and policy processes that focus on Indigenous world views. Uses case study of the experiences of a girl living on a small reserve who has been sexually abused by a relative. Chapter from An Intersectionality Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky. Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 133.