Tip Sheet for making Family Violence more meaningful for refugee and migrant communities

Tip Sheet for making Family Violence more meaningful for refugee and migrant communities

Violence against women and gender inequality exists across all Australian communities. Assumptions about ‘cultural’ attitudes toward women or violence can lead to harmful stereotypes and stigma.

Prevention is not about changing ‘migrant cultures’: it is about changing the culture of violence across all Australian communities.

Challenging ‘cultural’ explanations for violence is just one aspect of this new tip sheet developed for workers by Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health with support from DVRCV.

tip-sheet_fv-prevention_migrant.pdf tip-sheet_fv-prevention_migrant.pdf (416kB)