{"id":5832,"date":"2021-10-14T13:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T20:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dixonsociety.ca\/?p=5832"},"modified":"2021-10-14T13:49:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T20:49:58","slug":"how-a-lack-of-resources-affects-women-in-rural-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dixonsociety.ca\/how-a-lack-of-resources-affects-women-in-rural-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Lack of Resources Affects Women in Rural Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Living away from the city can provide many benefits, but for a woman experiencing domestic violence, the distance only adds isolation. Women living in rural communities experience domestic violence rates that are nearly twice as high as those in urban areas<\/a>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women living in a small community also face many additional barriers to fleeing an abuser. Lack of accessible resources, knowing everyone in the community, and little access to transportation can all factor into perpetuating the cycle of abuse.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us as we see how domestic violence disproportionately affects women living in rural communities, and how barriers created in smaller communities make fleeing an abuser even more difficult.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Women living in rural communities face the highest rates of domestic violence across BC, with 789 victims per 100,000 population<\/a>. Although less than 20% of Canada\u2019s population lives in rural communities, more than one quarter (28%) of the domestic homicides<\/a> (which sometimes include other victims connected to the female intimate partner) that occurred in Canada between 2010 and 2018 took place in rural, remote, and northern communities.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of the population distribution, these statistics affect Indigenous women more prominently. While only 16% of BC\u2019s population reside in these areas, approximately 30% of BC\u2019s Indigenous population live in rural communities. This means that Indigenous women are disproportionately impacted by the violence faced in these remote communities and by the barriers rural living creates for fleeing an abuser.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tight Communities <\/h2>\n\n\n\n