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Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites - with Jade Boyd
Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites - with Jade Boyd
Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites - with Jade Boyd
Sunday 3rd May 2020
Dr. Jade Boyd explores how Vancouver's overdose prevention sites protect marginalized women from both overdose deaths and daily violence.
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Get the buttons here!Gendered Violence and Safe Havens: Insights from Vancouver's Overdose Prevention Sites
Overdose prevention sites operate as a safe haven not only from overdose deaths, but as a haven from violence or exposure to police and the everyday violence that women experience outside of these settings.
Imagine facing not just the threat of an overdose, but also the daily violence and stigma that comes with being a marginalized woman in Vancouver. In this eye-opening episode of Addiction Audio, Dr. Jade Boyd sits down with Susie Gage to discuss her impactful study on gendered violence and overdose prevention sites.
Conducted during an overdose epidemic, this rapid ethnographic study reveals how these sites serve as crucial sanctuaries, offering safety from both overdose deaths and the pervasive violence women face on the streets. Dr. Boyd's research highlights how low-barrier, peer-led overdose prevention sites are life-saving for marginalized women, particularly women of color and Indigenous women, who often encounter racialized and stigma-based barriers to accessing health services.
Unlike federally sanctioned, supervised consumption sites, these peer-involved models give women more control over their drug use, making them uniquely beneficial. Dr. Boyd also stresses the urgent need for gender-specific and culturally responsive services, especially in contexts of extreme poverty and systemic racism. She argues for legal access to safe, unadulterated drugs as a critical step in addressing the overdose crisis. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in understanding the intersection of gender, violence, and harm reduction.