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
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."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index
