Similar to the experience of racism, homophobia/transphobia and sexism, socially constructed characteristics of disability position people with disabilities as an ‘inferior’ group to non-disabled people.” [1] Learn More: • Issue-Based Newsletter: Women with Disabilities and D/deaf Women, Housing, and Violence – Learning Network • Issue-Based Newsletter: Violence Against Women with DisAbilities and. [...] This term is often used as a contrast (or complement) to the term “ally.” [1] “For social justice advocates who use the term accomplice, they often see the site of focus as the main difference between the work of an ally and that of an accomplice. [...] Anti-racism is an action-oriented strategy which mobilizes the skills and knowledge of racialized people in order to work for a redistribution of power in organizations and society.” [1] “To be effective, the Anti–Racism Strategies must be results-oriented and must produce long term, sustainable change that will withstand the test of time, and any change in political power.” [2] Footnotes: [1] Com. [...] Retrieved from Oppression_Framework_Community_Org_Toolkit.pdf ARMED VIOLENCE “Armed Violence refers to the use or threatened use of weapons to inflict injury, death, or psychosocial harm.” [1] “In Canadian households, the presence of firearms in the home is the single greatest risk factor for lethality of domestic violence. [...] The impact of being exposed to woman abuse on children varies depending on the child’s age and development stage but also on the individual child and the circumstances of their exposure.” [3] Learn More: • Issue-Based Newsletter: Children Exposed to Domestic Violence – Learning Network • Brief: Exposure to Domestic Violence and its Effect on Children’s Brain Development and Functioning – Learning.
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