Culturally Relevant Gender Analysis

Culturally relevant gender-based analysis (CRGBA) seeks to understand the unique experiences, needs and challenges of Aboriginal women through a culturally relevant lens. Gender-based analysis, in terms of health, reflects an understanding that women have unique health needs and concerns that are different from those of men, and that women have also experienced differential treatment in health research, policy, programming and practices.  For Aboriginal women, this differential treatment has been compounded by the effects of colonization, which denigrated Aboriginal peoples as a whole, but also deeply damaged the roles and respect of Aboriginal women who were traditionally held in high regard. Historically, Aboriginal women commanded the highest respect in their communities as the givers of life and were the keepers of the traditions, practices and customs of t