Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds
© Australian Institute of Criminology 2018. This study explored how young women from African refugee and migrant backgrounds understand and experience sexual coercion and violence. Data was gathered from young women from African backgrounds and a wide range of agencies in two Australian states, West...
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| author | Chung, Donna Fisher, C. Zufferey, C. Thiara, R. |
| author_facet | Chung, Donna Fisher, C. Zufferey, C. Thiara, R. |
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| description | © Australian Institute of Criminology 2018. This study explored how young women from African refugee and migrant backgrounds understand and experience sexual coercion and violence. Data was gathered from young women from African backgrounds and a wide range of agencies in two Australian states, Western Australia and South Australia, to better understand the extent of their awareness of and concern about sexual coercion and assault and document how agencies respond to these issues. The paper concludes it is necessary to improve policy, practice, professional development and training to better respond to the sexual violence experienced by these young women, and raise awareness of the issue in their communities in a culturally sensitive way. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-669902018-05-18T07:56:48Z Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds Chung, Donna Fisher, C. Zufferey, C. Thiara, R. © Australian Institute of Criminology 2018. This study explored how young women from African refugee and migrant backgrounds understand and experience sexual coercion and violence. Data was gathered from young women from African backgrounds and a wide range of agencies in two Australian states, Western Australia and South Australia, to better understand the extent of their awareness of and concern about sexual coercion and assault and document how agencies respond to these issues. The paper concludes it is necessary to improve policy, practice, professional development and training to better respond to the sexual violence experienced by these young women, and raise awareness of the issue in their communities in a culturally sensitive way. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66990 Australian Institute of Criminology restricted |
| spellingShingle | Chung, Donna Fisher, C. Zufferey, C. Thiara, R. Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds |
| title | Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds |
| title_full | Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds |
| title_fullStr | Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds |
| title_short | Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds |
| title_sort | preventing sexual violence against young women from african backgrounds |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66990 |