In search of a safe place : abused women and culturally sensitive services /

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"Marginalized in the larger society and in the mainstream women's movement, immigrant women are also outsiders in women's shelters, where racially sensitive and linguistically appropriate counselling is generally unavailable. In this book, Vijay Agnew documents the struggles of Canadi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Agnew, Vijay, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Abused women > Services for > Canada.
Minority women > Canada.
Abused wives > Services for > Canada.
Femmes victimes de violence > Services > Canada.
Femmes issues des minorités > Canada.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Abused wives > Services for.
Abused women > Services for.
Minority women.
Nationale Minderheit
Sexueller Missbrauch
Sozialarbeit
Frau
Canada.
Kanada
Electronic books.
e-books.
Livres numériques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Immigrant Communities in Canada
  • 2. Wife Abuse
  • 3. Settlement Services and Community-based Organizations
  • 4. Social Services and Advocacy by Community-based Groups
  • 5. Counsellors and Their Work
  • 6. Interviews with Counsellors
  • 7. Counsellors and Women in Shelters
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y

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