Title:
Legislating Gender Inequalities: The Nature and Patterns of Domestic Violence Experienced by South Asian Women With Insecure Immigration Status in the United Kingdom
Authors:
Sundari Anitha
ISBN-10(13):
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Publisher:
Violence Against Women Journal, Vol. 17, No. 10, October 2011
Publication date:
October 2011
Language:
English
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Description:
Research on domestic violence documents the particular vulnerability of immigrant women due to reasons including social isolation, language barriers, lack of awareness about services, and racism on the part of services. Based on qualitative interviews with 30 South Asian women with insecure immigration status residing in Yorkshire and Northwest England, this article explores how inequalities created by culturel, gender, class, amd race intersect with state immigration and welfare policies in the United Kingdom, thereby exaxerbating structures of patriarchy within minority communities. It is within these contexts that South Asian women with insecure immigration status experience intensified forms and specific patterns of abuse.
