Confidence and connectedness: Indigenous Māori women's views on personal safety in the context of intimate partner violence. Issue 7 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wilson, Denise; Jackson, Debra; Herd, Ruth
• Is Part Of: Health care for women international. Volume 37:Issue 7(2016)
• Page Start: 707
• Page End: 720
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Genital Diseases, Female; Neonatology; Obstetrics; Women -- psychology; Femmes -- Santé et hygiène -- Périodiques; Femmes -- Santé, Services de -- Périodiques; 613.0424405
• DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2015.1107069
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0739-9332

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Māori (New Zealand) women, similar to women belonging to Indigenous and minority groups globally, have high levels of lifetime abuse, assault, and homicide, and are over-represented in events that compromise their safety. We sought insights into how Māori women view safety. Twenty Māori women's narratives revealed safety as a holistic concept involving a number of different elements. We found women had developed an acute sense of the concept of safety. They had firm views and clear strategies to maintain their own safety and that of their female family and friends. These women also provided insights into their experiences of feeling unsafe.