What We Do

What We Do

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Gender Violence + Systemic Oppression

Gender violence expands across multiple genders and multiple forms of violence. Gender violence allows for a more expansive conversation about the root causes of violence.

Gender violence encompasses interpersonal, structural, and state violence that disproportionately harms women, girls, femmes, and gender-oppressed peoples.

Gender violence is interconnected to and sustained by systemic oppression. More broadly, gender violence is a direct result of unequal social, political, racial, and gendered power.

If we don’t look at the root causes of gender violence—how it is enabled by social domination—then we will only be ready to respond to the individual incidents, time after time. Supporting people in crisis is essential. Yes. But so is looking at the structures that enable the violence to occur and keep them pounding down on people’s lives.
— Beth Richie, PhD

The Idaho Coalition is working to reclaim our connection to our own and each other’s humanity as a means of interrupting violence.

Want to learn more about our work's approach and impact? Click here for our 2023 Annual Report.

You can also learn more about how we create the foundation for collective liberation and thriving by embodying these four approaches across our organizational work:

Communities most impacted by violence + community centered solutions

Communities most impacted by violence + community centered solutions

Gender violence impacts every community and has a much higher impact on communities that are most affected by oppression—Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and people of color, trans and queer community, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and more. Centering solutions on communities most impacted while supporting and uplifting community-centered solutions to ending violence will better meet the needs of all communities.

Transformation of our response to violence: safety, healing, and resilience

Transformation of our response to violence: safety, healing, and resilience

As we work to end all forms of gender violence, we know we must continue to heal from the past and present impacts of violence, while investing in community-centered responses. Our tribal and community domestic and sexual violence organizations continue to be vital partners in all of the work at the Idaho Coalition as we strive to bring forward the resilience of our communities through healing practices.

Transformative cultural shift toward collective thriving

Transformative cultural shift toward collective thriving

Culture plays a vital role in understanding what it means to be human. It has taught us the power of seeing ourselves as deeply interconnected human beings. Culture can transform hearts and minds. Our transformative cultural strategies and campaigns reflect the worldview that we want to live into now.

Mobilizing Across Movement

Mobilizing Across Movement

All forms of violence are interconnected, and so are the solutions. We join with our community partners to mobilize movements for gender justice, racial justice, immigrant justice, Trans and Queer justice, disability justice, climate justice and more. Relationships across movements, based in mutuality and trust, allow for the Idaho Coalition to amplify the voice and experiences of communities most impacted by violence.

What Service Providers Need To Know

The Idaho Coalition collaborates with our essential partners, Idaho’s  community and tribal domestic and sexual violence programs, and other non-governmental and governmental service providers to prevent and respond to gender violence in all its forms, including the four types of violence above.

We serve as an information clearinghouse and resource center on gender-based violence for the state of Idaho and support the development of policies, protocols, and procedures to enhance intervention and prevention in our beloved communities.

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