Research & Evaluation

Introducing The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC)'s Research Priorities!

These were developed using a survey distributed within our communication platforms. In identifying codes and themes from the survey data, the following six priorities were thus developed. Priorities for FY24 and the movement continue to shift, change, and evolve. NIWRC will continue its efforts to uplift and provide the community with an uplifting community voice.

Lateral Kindness: Moving Away from Lateral Violence to Lateral Kindness

 

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Now Accepting Research Fellowship Applications for the Fall 2024 (August - December) Semester

 

Research & Evaluation Fellowship Applications Due August 12

 

The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) is now accepting applications from university graduate students looking for research or evaluation projects, such as but not limited to capstone projects, directed readings, or internship opportunities for the Fall 2024 (August - December) semester. The selected fellow will have the opportunity to engage and put into practice:

  • Qualitative research or evaluation practices.
  • Enhance knowledge in decolonizing and/or Indigenous methodologies. 
  • Applicants' research or evaluation interest of exploration must be within NIWRC’s work on the spectrums of violence, trauma, prevention, and/or to end violence against American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women, girls, and LGBTQ2S+ relatives.

Please see NIWRC's Research Priorities.

The student will have the opportunity to work with and be mentored by NIWRC’s Research Associate, Kendra Root (Muscogee Nation Citizen), to meet the needs of
individual interest, academic classwork requirements, final written project for publication, and resource development for NIWRC. The Research & Evaluation Fellowship Program commits to coordinating with any academic institution to meet the fellow's academic requirements and/or expected coursework for the semester.

No payment is associated with this program, as students will meet academic coursework requirements.

Applications are due August 12, 2024!

Indigenous Domestic Violence Survivors’ Wellness Services: Uplifting Our Voices (2023) 
Description

Presented by: Kendra M. Root, NIWRC Research Associate
High rates of domestic violence (DV) disproportionately affect our Native American homes and communities. In 2022-2023 NIWRC Research and Evaluation explored holistic wellness journeys from Native American women who are domestic violence survivors. Survivors' stories captured the needs for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual restoration of balance in their lives. Using a feminist intersectional approach, two distinct focus group listening sessions were conducted for DV survivors to understand their wellness journey needs from interactions with healthcare providers in partnership with FUTURES Without Violence and DV service programs and providers. The Native American women stories were told from women representing Indian Country from the Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, South, Northeast, and Alaska regions. The critical stories will inform and grow knowledge, inform evaluation components, and provide culturally specific prevention efforts that will be used for the development of materials, resources, improve healthcare, wellness and healing services. Barriers, limitations, themes, and suggestions and recommendations for changes will be discussed. Results of both focus group listening sessions bring strong recommendations and attention that is needed to the desired interventions and preventions of our communities that are experiencing disproportionately high rates of DV.

 

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