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Survey aims to reduce violence against AK women

Nearly half of adult women in Sitka have experienced sexual violence, intimate partner violence, or both in their lifetime. This is according to a 2012 survey that questioned almost 300 women in Sitka.

Domestic violence survey to focus on Alaska’s smaller communities

Researchers at the University of Alaska Anchorage are gathering regional data on domestic violence and sexual assault over the next few weeks. A telephone survey began on March 11 in some of the state’s smaller communities, including Sitka, Kodiak, and Bethel. The survey is only for women over the age of 18, and is intended to give researchers and policy makers a clearer understanding of Alaska’s already-high rates of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Sitka’s sexual assault response team works with survivors beyond trauma

Through a grant from the Department of Justice, The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is partnering with the Sitka Police Department, Sitkans Against Family Violence and the Southeast Regional Health Consortium to establish a sexual assault response team. The SAR team would be more efficient and minimize the revictimization of survivors, members said.

Sitka’s SAFV Shelter nears $1.7 million goal for needed renovations

Sitka’s domestic violence shelter has less than $80,000 to go in a fundraising campaign to renovate and expand the 60-year old facility.

Artist gives visual voice to domestic violence

Putting a topic like domestic violence into words is difficult, so artist Carmel Anderson has another approach. Her traveling exhibit, “Unheard Voices, Unheard Wisdom,” conveys the unspoken truths about abuse - of both women and children - through fabric.

Youth activists march for respectful, non-violent relationships

Sitka was one of 170 communities that took to the streets today for the Choose Respect March, a statewide effort to end domestic violence and sexual assault. In a 2012 victimization survey conducted in Sitka, 47% of adult women reported experiencing intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or both.

Sitka student council seeks social violence, tolerance programs

Sitka High’s student body is hoping to create a better environment in the school, and they’ve taken their plans to the school board, with a pair of proposals that would confront sexual violence and discrimination head-on.

SAFV tackles domestic violence crisis with community training

The domestic violence shelter in Sitka is stepping up its community training program following the release of new survey data last year. SAFV, or Sitkans Against Family Violence, has routinely offered volunteer advocate training, but now the organization is hoping to involve more of the community in how to recognize -- and address -- Sitka’s incredibly high rate of intimate partner violence.