Tara Mantler, a professor of health sciences who specializes in women’s health, studied the resilience of rural women facing gender-based violence. (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
Tara Mantler, a professor of health sciences who specializes in women's health, studied the resilience of rural women facing gender-based violence. (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications) Challenges of gender-based violence in rural settings include loss of income, isolation, absence of financial autonomy Blocked from pursuing their careers and left without any source of income. Isolated from friends, coworkers and community. Low credit scores or resumé gaps that dog them for years after the abuse. A new study from Western researchers highlights the toll of economic abuse on rural women - and their resiliency in the face of it. " Where someone is located changes the resources they have access to, which changes the way they're going to interact with people. It changes everything," said Tara Mantler, professor of health sciences who specializes in women's health. "When we think about resilience, it's not necessarily someone who has faced adversity and triumphed, so much as someone who is surviving.
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