Transcending Boundaries: Investigating Domestic Violence Among South Asian Immigrant Women
This research project emphasizes working with individuals as well as their families to create safe social networks for immigrant women.
Material Listing
Fact Sheet: Domestic Violence in Asian Communities
The fact sheet also presents information about attitude toward domestic violence and attitude toward seeking help in Asian communities.
Somewhere to Turn: Making Domestic Violence Services Accessible to Battered Immigrant Women, Chapter 1: Overview of Domestic Violence and Battered Immigrant Issues
This chapter provides information about domestic violence in immigrant communities, including the power and control dynamics and the barriers faced by immigrant women in accessing services for domestic violence.
Power and Control Tactics used against Immigrant Women
This document describes some of the tactics used to abuse immigrant women. These include emotional abuse, economic abuse, sexual abuse, using coercion and threat, intimidation, isolation, and blaming women for inciting violence.
Who Answers to Women? Gender & Accountability: Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009
Acknowledging that different groups of women encounter distinct challenges in gaining access to their rights, the publication examines how women, including the most excluded women, are strengthening their capacity to identify accountability gaps and call for redress.