Nexus between Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Multidimensional Forms of Oppression Impacting on Migrant and Refugee Women in Australia

Abstract

Social workers employed within DFV or CPS need to recognise the complex interactions across multidimensional forms of oppression impacting on women from migrant and refugee backgrounds; for example: race, ethnicity, social class, patriarchy, religion, immigration/citizenship status, and linguistic diversity. This article explores these issues facing migrant and refugee communities in a DFV and CPS context in Australia. Using the three lenses of evidence-based policy outlined by Brian Head in 2008, the authors highlight how these intersections play out in the research and policy landscape, which to date has been slow to develop a comprehensive knowledge base on cultural competencies