Access to Legal Services in Women’s Shelters

Wright, Alysia; Bertrand, Lorne D.

doi:10.1007/s10896-016-9901-4

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“…Interestingly, they found that more recent immigrants were much more likely to report their violence to the police and less likely to use social services (Hyman et al, 2006). Wright and Bertrand (2017) find that help seeking behaviours of women who are accessing services can be negatively affected with some conditions imposed by public services. For example, some services aimed at ending violence against women require income eligibility guidelines, or impose a requirement to end their relationship.…”

Section: Barriers For Immigrant Women and Legal Service Providersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, it is important to recognize that there are challenges created by immigrant women's hesitancy to seek legal services coupled with restrictions on accessing services which may further discourage immigrant women from seeking such services. Furthermore, legal services that are lacking cultural competency may discourage immigrant women from seeking out legal services (Wright & Bertrand, 2017). Cultural competency refers to understanding that clients have individual needs based upon their religious, socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and operating in a way that acknowledges their individual needs and provide services in cross-cultural settings (Wright & Bertrand, 2017).…”

Section: Barriers For Immigrant Women and Legal Service Providersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, legal services that are lacking cultural competency may discourage immigrant women from seeking out legal services (Wright & Bertrand, 2017). Cultural competency refers to understanding that clients have individual needs based upon their religious, socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and operating in a way that acknowledges their individual needs and provide services in cross-cultural settings (Wright & Bertrand, 2017). Thus, it is important that legal services are aware of cultural nuances as cross-cultural barriers can prevent many immigrant women from seeking legal services.…”

Section: Barriers For Immigrant Women and Legal Service Providersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lastly, similar to any other mother, immigrant women may continue to stay in abusive relationships and be hesitant to seek legal action for the fear of losing their children (Ingram et al, 2010). Wright and Bertrand (2017) find that many immigrant women may not come forward about their experiences of violence or remain anxious when dealing with service providers as they fear they may lose their children by reporting the violence. This becomes especially complicated if the child is Canadian born but the mother is not, and has the fear of deportation as well (Coto, 1999).…”

Section: Barriers For Immigrant Women and Legal Service Providersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Breaking down barriers: challenges in providing legal services for immigrant women who have experienced intimate partner violence

Gudivada¹

2021

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Violence against immigrant women is a prevalent and serious violation of human rights and gender equality that is often dismissed. This paper seeks to firstly challenge the role of Canada in preventing and addressing violence against immigrant women through its ratification of various legal instruments and secondly, understand the challenges experienced by legal service providers in providing accessible legal services for immigrant women who have experience violence. Through an intersectional feminist analysis of interviews with three legal service providers and four Ontario cases, it is evident that immigrant women and legal service providers experience challenges as a result of language barriers, financial barriers, cultural differences, role of motherhood and precarious legal status. Therefore, this paper recommends constitutional courts and all individuals to aid in the creation of norms and movements that transcend national boundaries to recognize the violations experienced by women all across the world.

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Section: Barriers For Immigrant Women and Legal Service Providersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Barriers For Immigrant Women and Legal Service Providersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Barriers For Immigrant Women and Legal Service Providersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Barriers For Immigrant Women and Legal Service Providersmentioning

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Breaking down barriers: challenges in providing legal services for immigrant women who have experienced intimate partner violence

Gudivada¹

2021

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“…In Italy, relevant organizations are the local antiviolence agencies where women who have experienced violence find help. Wright and Bertrand (2017) underline the importance of the antiviolence agencies' focus on access to legal services which plays a crucial role in informing victims how they can navigate through the judicial system. However, little attention has been paid to this aspect of the antiviolence agencies.…”

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Expert saying and doing in dealing with domestic violence: reflections on a case of legal aid in an antiviolence center

Parolin

2020

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PurposeThis article sheds light on the legal services offered by antiviolence centers through a discursive practice-based analysis of women who have experienced domestic violence and the lawyers who volunteer in the center.Design/methodology/approachUsing a practice-based framework, the article utilizes a case study of the first legal meeting between a lawyer and a woman who has experienced violence. The case study illustrates how the legal advisors' expertise is deployed in the use of “discursive practices” in dealing with women who have experienced domestic violence. Through a systematic analysis of the verbatim narrative, the case shows how the lawyer performs her legal help through expert “discursive practices” which are situated in recognition of the texture of practices experienced by women in the legal system.FindingsThe case study shows how a practice-based approach is able to account for lawyers' discursive and interactional knowledge in dealing with domestic violence. This expert doing and saying includes the ability to read the complexities of abusive situations, using “professional vision” to identify, highlight and codify clues and patterns of a partners' violent behavior; the mastery of “co-implication” with women to support the development of a narrative of the abuse as a crime recognizable both by the victim and the legal system.Originality/valueThe analysis shows that practice-based approaches to knowing and learning in investigating discourse practices can provide insights on practitioners' interactional expertise as well as the relevance of the service. While a close look at the actual practices illustrates the lawyer's interactional mechanisms, the crucial role of legal aid in the antiviolence center can be appreciated by contextualizing within the texture of practices that characterizes women's experiences with violence.

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“It's a Valuable Service but a Hard Place to Be:” Women's Views About Violence Against Women Shelters

Tutty,

Nixon,

Thurston

2024

Violence Against Women

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This mixed-methods secondary analysis examined VAW shelter use by 662 Canadian women abused by partners (50.5% Indigenous, 43.4% White, and 6.1% visible minority). Women who had never resided in shelters ( n = 242) had less Severe Combined and Total IPV on the Composite Abuse Scale and fewer PTSD symptoms. More nonresidents worked full time and had higher incomes and no children. The 420 women residents mentioned strengths (70.4%) such as supportive staff and safety, and concerns (29.6%) about unsupportive staff and the shelter rules or facility. Some Indigenous women reported racist attitudes by shelter staff and child apprehensions. Practice implications are presented.

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Access to Legal Services in Women’s Shelters

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Breaking down barriers: challenges in providing legal services for immigrant women who have experienced intimate partner violence

Breaking down barriers: challenges in providing legal services for immigrant women who have experienced intimate partner violence

Expert saying and doing in dealing with domestic violence: reflections on a case of legal aid in an antiviolence center

“It's a Valuable Service but a Hard Place to Be:” Women's Views About Violence Against Women Shelters

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