TY - SER AU - Mantler, Tara AU - Yates, Julia AU - Shillington, Katie J. AU - Tryphonopoulos, Panagiota AU - Jackson, Kimberley T. TI - “If you don’t stop the cycle somewhere, it just keeps going” : : resilience in the context of structural violence and gender-based violence in rural Ontario PY - 2024/// PB - PLoS, KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - ECONOMIC ASPECTS KW - HOUSING KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - RESILIENCE KW - RURAL AREAS KW - SUPPORT SERVICES KW - VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES KW - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - INTERNATIONAL KW - CANADA KW - ONTARIO N1 - PLoS Global Public Health, 2024, First published online, 11 January 2024 N2 - Bolstering women’s resilience in the context of gender-based violence (GBV) requires attention to structural conditions needed to support women to thrive, particularly in rural communities. This cross-sectional study explored how resilience was influenced by structural violence in rural Ontario among women experiencing GBV (n = 14) and service providers in the GBV sector (n = 12). Interviews were conducted and revealed forms of structural violence that undermine resilience for women experiencing GBV in rural communities, including 1) housing- gentrification, short-term rentals of residential properties, and long waitlists, 2) income- fighting for enough money to survive, 3) safety- abusers gaming the system, and 4) access- successes and new barriers. Structural conditions must be attended to as they are prerequisites required to build resilience. (Authors' abstract). Record #8490 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002775 ER -