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

"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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Main Author: Agnew, Vijay 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto [u.a.] Univ. of Toronto Press 1998
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"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 Canadian women's centres to provide better services to victims of wife abuse from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:X, 305 S.
ISBN:0802042783
0802081142