Assisting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence

Advocate's Guide

BWJP

This guide for advocates and volunteers focuses on the needs of newly-arrived battered immigrant women whose immigration status is unsettled. It explores: how to more effectively respond to battered immigrant women; how immigration status is used as a weapon in domestic violence cases; the options open to immigrant victims, the documents they need, and when a referral to an immigration attorney should be made.

View Article » Immigrant_Victims_Advocates_Guide.pdf

Prostitution Research and Education

Provides research on prostitution and trafficking, and links to services for prostituted women.

View Website »  http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/

Reducing Language Barriers To Combating Domestic Violence

The Requirements Of Title VI

Carolyn Ham

In addition to the usual obstacles to leaving a violent relationship, battered immigrant women face a host of additional issues such as fears about being deported, loss of legal immigration status and cultural barriers to leaving their spouses. But perhaps the most daunting barrier can be their inability to speak and read English.

View Article » Reducing_Language_Barriers_to_Combating_Domestic_Violence.pdf