A new study shows that refugee women who are experiencing domestic violence face additional hurdles in Australia. This includes fears of being deported back to their country of origin. It's prompted calls to increase culturally-appropriate services.
A new study shows that refugee women who are experiencing domestic violence face additional hurdles in Australia. This includes fears of being deported back to their country of origin. It's prompted calls to increase culturally-appropriate services.A new report has found nearly 1 in 3 refugee women have experienced domestic violence, as high as the general population.
The report, from the University of Wollongong and Settlement Services International, is the first of its kind in Australia. 309 women aged between 18 to 80 took part in in-person screenings across four refugee settlement services in New South Wales.Many were still living with their husbands and partners at the time."It's never our job to tell a person if they should leave an unsafe relationship, sometimes people are at the greatest risk of being killed when they leave a relationship.
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