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dc.contributor.authorLay, Yvonneen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:17:17Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:17:17Z-
dc.date.issued2006en
dc.identifier.citation(12), September 2006en
dc.identifier.issn1448-8140en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15153-
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAustralian Institute of Family Studiesen
dc.subjectCross-culturalen
dc.subjectCALD (culturally and linguistically diverse)en
dc.subjectPolicyen
dc.titleIdentifying the woman, the client and the victim: sexual assault and domestic violence services for women of culturally and linguistically diverse backgroundsen
dc.title.alternativeAware : Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault newsletteren
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid3168en
dc.identifier.urlhttps://aifs.gov.au/resources/practice-guides/acssa-awareen
dc.subject.keywordNationalen
dc.subject.keywordJournal article/research paperen
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.description.notesOverview: Drawing on a study of eleven Victorian women of Chinese, East Timorese and Vietnamese background, the author examines the adequacy of sexual and domestic violence service providers in responding to the needs of victims from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD). The paper discusses the specific requirements of CALD victims and the barriers they face and how these are addressed.<br/ ><br/ >Discussion: The paper outlines the relevant Australian and Victorian statistics relating to service providers and the incidence and victimology of domestic and sexual violence in general and involving CALD women. The paper then goes on to discuss the issues arising from the reported figure that only 4% of CALD sexually victimised women (in Victoria) report the latest incidence to police, and few seek help from crisis centres, refuges and other services. The author states that current provisions, which are founded on ‘white liberal feminism’, are inadequate for CALD victims.<br/ ><br/ >Research findings: The author undertook a literature review and summarises the findings regarding sexual assault victims in general and CALD victims in particular, and the barriers faced by CALD women seeking help from services. The paper then goes on to summarise the findings from the interviews with eleven women in metropolitan Melbourne under the following headings:<br/ ><br/ >Conclusion: The paper concludes that CALD women are doubly disadvantaged and that mainstream services offer a ‘one size fits all approach’ that should be tailored to women who are outside the dominant cultural group. The author characterises the inadequacy and inflexibility of services in responding to the needs of CALD women as a failure of liberal feminism to include women from diverse cultural backgrounds and experience.en
dc.identifier.sourceAware : Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault newsletteren
dc.date.entered2007-08-23en
dc.publisher.placeMelbourneen
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