African communities
CALD Family Violence Resource
eCALD Supplementary Resources
An American study of African migrant women showed that when women realised that partner abuse was a crime and that services were available, they utilised that knowledge (Ting,2010). Even if women did not immediately access such services, the knowledge they gained provided them with a sense of empowerment and they used this to check the abusive behaviours of their husbands. This knowledge is an important part of migrant women’s coping strategies.
Implication for Practice
The implication for health professionals arising from this finding is the need to provide all migrant women with information about services and their rights as victims of criminal behaviours.