Moving in the Shadows: Violence in the Lives of Minority Women and Children

by Hannana Siddiqui, Yasmin Rehman, Liz Kelly

Overview

In the UK the number of people who came from a minority ethnic group grew by 53 per cent between 1991 and 2001, from 3.0 million in 1991 to 4.6 million in 2001. Whilst much has been written about the impact of these demographic changes in relation to policy issues, black and minority women and children remain under-researched. Recent publications have tended to focus on South Asian women, forced marriage and 'honour' related violence.

Moving in the Shadows brings together for the first time in a single volume, an examination of violence against women and children within the diverse communities of the UK. Its strength lies in its gendered focus as well as its understanding of the need for an integrated approach to all forms of violence against women, whilst foregrounding the experiences of minority women, the communities they are part of, and the organizations which have advocated for their rights and given them voice.

The chapters contained within this volume explore a set of core themes: the forms and contexts of violence minority women experience; the continuum of violence; the role of culture and faith in the control of women and girls; the types of intervention within multi-cultural and social cohesion policies; the impacts of violence on British-born and migrant women and girls; and the intersection of race, class, gender and sexuality highlighting issues of similarity and difference. Taken together, they provide a valuable resource for scholars, students, activists, social workers and policy-makers working in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409472803
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Yasmin Rehman is a freelance consultant and doctoral candidate at SOAS, University of London, UK. Liz Kelly is Roddick Chair on Violence Against Women at London Metropolitan University, UK.
Hannana Siddiqui works for Southall Black Sisters, UK.

Liz Kelly, Sharon Smee, Pragna Patel, Jackie Turner, Shaminder Takhar, Makeba Roach, Comfort Momoh, Ravi K. Thiara, Carlene Firmin, Emelie Secker, Yasmin Rehman, Swati Pande, Hannana Siddiqui, Ava Kanyeredzi, Debora Singer, Phil Price, Mohamed Abdalla Ballela, Marai Larasi.

Table of Contents

Contents: Moving in the shadows: Introduction, Liz Kelly; Part I Perspectives: At the intersection: Black and minority ethnic women and the criminal justice system, Sharon Smee; Multi-faithism and the gender question: implications of government policy on the struggle for equality and rights for minority women in the UK, Pragna Patel; Violent intersections: re-visiting the traffic in women and girls, Jackie Turner; Sexuality and South Asian women: a taboo?, Shaminder Takhar. Part II Forms and Contexts of Violence: Two steps forward, one step back: the fight against female genital mutilation in the UK, Makeba Roach and Comfort Momoh; ‘It’s all about stopping you from getting on with your life’: post-separation violence in the lives of Asian and African-Caribbean women, Ravi K. Thiara; Criminal gangs, male-dominated services and the women and girls who fall through the gaps, Carlene Firmin; Possession or oppression: witchcraft and spirit possession accusations as a form of ritual abuse of children and women, Emelie Secker and Yasmin Rehman; Lost for words: difficulties naming and disclosing sexual violence in Hindi, Swati Pande; ‘True honour’: domestic violence, forced marriage and honour crimes in the UK, Hannana Siddiqui; ‘It begins with Sister’: polygyny and Muslims in Britain, Yasmin Rehman. Part III Interventions and Responses: Finding a voice - African and Caribbean heritage women help seeking, Ava Kanyeredzi; Women seeking asylum - failed twice over, Debora Singer; Working trans-culturally with domestically violent men, Phil Price; Challenging domestic abuse in the Arabic speaking community: the experience of Al-Aman, Mohamed Abdalla Ballela; A fuss about nothing? Delivering services to Black and minority ethnic survivors of gender violence - the role of the specialist Black and minority ethnic women’s sector, Marai Larasi; Index.