title: Legislating gender inequalities: the nature and patterns of domestic violence experienced by South Asian women with insecure immigration status in the United Kingdom.
abstract: Research on domestic violence documents the particular vulnerability of immigrant women due to reasons including social isolation, language barriers, lack of awareness about services, and racism on the part of services. Based on qualitative interviews with 30 South Asian women with insecure immigration status residing in Yorkshire and Northwest England, this article explores how inequalities created by culture, gender, class, and race intersect with state immigration and welfare policies in the United Kingdom, thereby exacerbating structures of patriarchy within minority communities. It is within these contexts that South Asian women with insecure immigration status experience intensified forms and specific patterns of abuse.
authors: School of Social Sciences,University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK. sanitha@lincoln.ac.uk
authors: Sundari
authors: S
authors: Anitha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D044466:Asian People; D018585:Battered Women; D019548:Crime Victims; D003469:Culture; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004739:England; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D011287:Prejudice; D011640:Public Policy; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology*; D014933:Women's Rights; D055815:Young Adult