Cool beans. Do you know who she works for? And what population(s) she serves?
"no one is doing much on intersectionality within it, at all?"
In NYC there are some decent interventions that actually do address intersectionality. (Well I dunno if they are specific to NYC, but I know they are being done here). There's another group that's very very similar to mine called SISTA. I have no idea what it stands for, but essentially while my group is (in part) about empowering women and addressing how sexism affects the ability to advocate for your sexual health, SISTA is about that AND tying in cultural factors specific to Black women. Though my org is majority Black, there are some Latina and white women, so I guess they chose FIO over SISTA to be all-inclusive. I've never seen SISTA run, but I hear it's good.
My issue is more that our funder has conflicting concepts. On one hand they get that a woman who is hungry and homeless is not too concerned about condom use when she needs to eat and get stable housing (at least they state they understand). But they still somehow expect these women to go from zero to empowered in "8 easy steps or less." Like they don't have harm reduction measures that would adequately show the changes these women are making in their lives. For some just bringing up condoms with a partner (especially a partner you've been with for years) is a HUGE deal. And all of our measurables are like "did you use the condom or not?!?" And while the group itself promotes and emphasizes community building there is *nothing* about that in any questionnaires nor other verifiable data collecting sources.
"I mean, great that you're wearing condoms, but that ain't it. THIS is the kind of thing that is needed."
Cool beans. Do you know who she works for? And what population(s) she serves?
"no one is doing much on intersectionality within it, at all?"
In NYC there are some decent interventions that actually do address intersectionality. (Well I dunno if they are specific to NYC, but I know they are being done here). There's another group that's very very similar to mine called SISTA. I have no idea what it stands for, but essentially while my group is (in part) about empowering women and addressing how sexism affects the ability to advocate for your sexual health, SISTA is about that AND tying in cultural factors specific to Black women. Though my org is majority Black, there are some Latina and white women, so I guess they chose FIO over SISTA to be all-inclusive. I've never seen SISTA run, but I hear it's good.
My issue is more that our funder has conflicting concepts. On one hand they get that a woman who is hungry and homeless is not too concerned about condom use when she needs to eat and get stable housing (at least they state they understand). But they still somehow expect these women to go from zero to empowered in "8 easy steps or less." Like they don't have harm reduction measures that would adequately show the changes these women are making in their lives. For some just bringing up condoms with a partner (especially a partner you've been with for years) is a HUGE deal. And all of our measurables are like "did you use the condom or not?!?" And while the group itself promotes and emphasizes community building there is *nothing* about that in any questionnaires nor other verifiable data collecting sources.
"I mean, great that you're wearing condoms, but that ain't it. THIS is the kind of thing that is needed."
Absolutely.
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