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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Rees, Susan | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Pease, Bob | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-30T23:44:49Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-30T23:44:49Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9780975783214 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19221 | - |
| dc.format | ii, iv, 63 p. ; 30 cm. | en |
| dc.language | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Immigrant Women's Domestic Violence Service | en |
| dc.subject | Cross-cultural | en |
| dc.subject | Perpetrator programs | en |
| dc.subject | Community attitudes | en |
| dc.subject | Refugee communities | en |
| dc.subject | Community development | en |
| dc.subject.other | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse / Migrant / Refugee communities | en |
| dc.title | Refugee settlement, safety and wellbeing : exploring domestic and family violence in refugee communities | en |
| dc.type | Report Section | en |
| dc.identifier.catalogid | 3733 | en |
| dc.identifier.url | http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/~/media/ProgramsandProjects/MentalHealthandWellBeing/DiscriminationandViolence/ViolenceAgainstWomen/CAS_Paper4_Refugee.ashx | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | Victoria | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | new_record | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | Grey lit | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | Refugees | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | CALD | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | Report | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | Domestic violence | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | Invalid URL | en |
| dc.subject.readinglist | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse / Migrant / Refugee communities | en |
| dc.description.notes | General overview: This study of domestic violence in refugee communities in Victoria, Australia, examines the relationship between culture, the settlement experience, and violence, and makes recommendations for violence prevention.<br/ ><br/ >Objective: The first objective of the study was to investigate the relationships between domestic violence and gender, traumatic history, social and economic context, cultural difference and changed identities. The second objective was to identify contextual factors in domestic violence affecting refugee families, and the third was to identify the needs of refugee families and inform the training needs of health and welfare professionals.<br/ ><br/ >Methods: Eight focus groups were held, with 78 participants from Ethiopia, South and North Sudan, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Iraq. Storyboard group work was used in the focus groups. In addition, interviews were held with seventeen men and twenty-five women. Literature relating to domestic violence and immigrant communities was reviewed. The discussion of the results does not distinguish between ethnic groups, firstly because similarities were found between the groups and, secondly, to avoid any one group being stigmatised as more violent. The research assistants were originally refugee men and women.<br/ ><br/ >Results: Domestic and family violence were reported as occurring in the communities studied, including hitting, kicking, controlling behaviour, financial abuse, and social isolation. Some reported that women were more at risk because they had no family to protect them, while others thought the risk was lower in Australia because of the legal protections available. Seeking assistance was inhibited by the belief that to do so is to betray one’s culture, the fear that they would not be believed, fear of poverty for oneself and one’s children and lack of English skills. Easy access to alcohol and gambling in Australia was thought by some women to precipitate violence, as was male unemployment. Men reported that in their culture paid work was very important to them in their role as head of the family. Women thought that more educational opportunities for women would help prevent violence.<br/ ><br/ >Many women spoke positively about the freedoms available in Australia, including the access to education and employment. However both men and women reported that these changes resulted in a loss of status for men, which sometimes caused relationship problems and divorce. Some men criticised the financial independence available to women in Australia, saying that it damages the family.<br/ ><br/ >The paper contains detailed recommendations for violence prevention strategies. They include ensuring that men take responsibility for violence through criminal justice outcomes, counselling and perpetrator programs, encouraging women to disclose and access the justice system, community development projects around education, civic participation and empowerment and challenging patriarchy and racism.<br/ ><br/ >Conclusions: Addressing violence in refugee communities requires an appreciation of patriarchy as it manifests through culture, rather than pathologising entire cultures. Refugees should have their traditional cultural lifestyles protected without maintaining gender oppression. | en |
| dc.date.entered | 2007-08-09 | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Melbourne | en |
| dc.description.physicaldescription | ii, iv, 63 p. ; 30 cm. | en |
| Appears in Collections: | Reports | |
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