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In Search of a Safe Place : Abused Women and Culturally Sensitive Services.

Agnew, Vijay.

In Search of a Safe Place : Abused Women and Culturally Sensitive Services. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (316 pages)

Intro -- 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.

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.

9781442676053


Abused women-Services for-Canada.
Minority women-Services for-Canada.


Electronic books.

HV6626.54.C2 A364 1998

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