Building Supports For The Gender-Based Violence Workforce
This project will explore the many systemic factors that affect the health, safety, and wellness of gender-based violence workers. Despite their exposure to stories of extensive trauma and violence through their work, gender-based violence workers often lack access to occupational health and safety supports for preventing and responding to work-related stress. Precarious employment and low wages are prevalent in the gender-based violence sector, all of which have serious impacts on workers’ health and wellbeing. The goal of this project is to unearth the hidden challenges faced by gender-based violence workers, and help create systemic solutions that will sustain the long-term health and wellness of the gender-based violence workforce.