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Domestic violence in refugee families in Australia : rethinking settlement policy and practice
It has been identified that immigrant and refugee women are particularly at risk in cases of domestic violence. This article reveals the qualitative research findings from a study into the significance of traumatic history, social and economic context, cultural differences and changed gender identities on the perceptions and experiences of domestic violence in refugee families. The study was undertaken with a sample of refugee men and women from Iraq, Ethiopia, Sudan, Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. Compounding contextual factors concerning structurally based inequalities, culturally emerged challenges, social dissonance, psychological stress and patriarchal foundations are revealed. Informed by an intersectional framework that recognizes gender oppression as modified by intersections with other forms of inequality, the article argues the case for community-managed projects involving multi-level empowerment-based interventions to prevent domestic violence.
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Journal of immigrant & refugee studiesVolume
5Issue
2Pagination
1 - 19Publisher
Haworth Press, IncLocation
New York, N.Y.ISSN
1556-2948eISSN
1556-2956Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2007, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
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