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Alliance: Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a research method that brings together researchers and community members so that they can work together to identify problems faced by the community, to empower community members to research and create solutions to those problems, and to improve conditions in the community.

Participatory Action Research (PAR) is one type of community-based research that is based on principles of participation in the research process and blends local knowledge and activism with scientific theory-driven methods to generate new knowledge and action to prevent sexual violence and to ensure the best care for survivors in our communities. PAR also offers promise for effectively adapting research-based interventions for use in real world settings.

Specifically, the Alliance utilizes PAR to engage communities in:

research on social norms that contribute to a rape supportive environment in NYC,
defining sexual violence and its impact on their community,
research on community specific concerns regarding sexual violence,
defining and planning prevention in NYC, and
defining and providing best care to survivors and advocating for those changes in NYC.

Sexual Violence and Immigrant Women in NYC: A Participatory Action Research Pilot Project

This pilot study aimed to provide immigrant women with:

an opportunity to describe the impact sexual violence has on their lives,
a forum to reflect on the options women in their communities have when seeking help for sexual violence,
a forum to reflect on how sexual violence could be prevented in their community; and
a supportive and interactive environment to discuss a long-silenced danger in their lives.

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Action Research for Immigrant Social Empowerment (ARISE)

Action Research for Immigrant Social Empowerment (ARISE) consists of several community based organizations (CBOs) focused on immigrant services in New York City, a research-led advocacy organization and a research, policy and advocacy organization. ARISE seeks to engage immigrant women in effective ways to reduce sexual and domestic violence and promote awareness through education, research, and advocacy in order to effect policy changes at the local and national level. [[2] Read more about ARISE]

[1]: http://www.nycagainstrape.org/home/nycaasa/stage.nycagainstrape.org/research_par_1.html
[2]: http://www.nycagainstrape.org/home/nycaasa/stage.nycagainstrape.org/research_par_2.html

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