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Empowerment of immigrant and refugee women who are victims of violence in their intimate relationships [executive summary]

Child, Family and Community Safety Division, Justice Institute of British Columbia. (2008). Empowerment of immigrant and refugee women who are victims of violence in their intimate relationships [executive summary].

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Title: Empowerment of immigrant and refugee women who are victims of violence in their intimate relationships [executive summary]
Author(s): Child, Family and Community Safety Division, Justice Institute of British Columbia
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to enhance our understanding of the unique experiences of immigrant and refugee women who were victims of violence in their intimate relationships, in order to: (1) determine what service delivery factors they found to be empowering and disempowering; and (2) develop recommendations based on the findings to more effectively facilitate their empowerment. Empowering practices were defined as those responses that helped immigrant and refugee women who are victims of violence keep themselves safe and move forward in their lives.
Keywords: refugee women; intimate partner violence; services; empowerment
Date: 2008
Publication type: research (documents)
Publisher: Child, Family and Community Safety Division, Justice Institute of British Columbia
Place of publication: New Westminster, BC
Publisher Link: http://www.jibc.ca/sites/default/files/community_social_justice/pdf/cccs...
Funder: Vancouver Foundation
Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage
Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Justice Institute of British Columbia
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