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Domestic Violence Within Refugee Families: Intersecting Patriarchal Culture and the Refugee Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Kerrie James
Kerrie James*
Affiliation:
School of Social Sciences & International Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Refugee Research, University of New South Wales, Australia.kerrie.james@unsw.edu.au
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*Address for correspondence: Kerrie James, School of Social Sciences & International Studies, UNSW 2052 NSW, Australia.
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Abstract

This article examines the stages of the refugee journey and the intersections of domestic violence with culture, trauma, resettlement and masculinity. Arguing that therapists must challenge aspects of culture that promote violations of women's human rights while understanding the unique situation of refugee families, the article concludes by identifying principles for therapeutic and community based interventions.

Keywords

domestic violencerefugeeshuman rightsculturetraumamasculinity
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , 01 September 2010 , pp. 275 - 284
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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