Presentation given by Marai Larasi, Sumanta Roy, UK at a FEANTSA Research Conference on "Migration, Homelessness and Demographic Change in Europe", Pisa, Italy, 2011
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Making the links: BME (Black, Minority Ethnic) Women, Gender-Based Violence, Homelessness & Migration – a UK perspective
1. A PLACE OF SAFETY?
MAKING THE LINKS: BME (BLACK,
MINORITY ETHNIC) WOMEN, GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS &
M I G R AT I O N – A U K P E R S P E C T I V E
M A R A I L A R A S I M B E A N D S U M A N TA R O Y
IMKAAN
2011
5. WHY CONSIDER BME WOMEN?
All groups of women who are subject to violence share similar
experiences
However, BME women are dealing not just with their experiences of
the violence from their perpetrators but are also dealing with issues of
racism and marginalisation within wider society
There has been a tendency to ‘other’ VAWG in BMER communities
which serves to silence and marginalise rather than address the
root causes.
@ Marai Larasi and Sumanta Roy
References:http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic_violence_topic.asp?section=0001000100220041&sectionTitle=Domestic+violence+(general)Thiara, Ravi K & Roy, Sumanta Imkaan (March 2010) Vital Statistics: The Experiences of BAMER Women and Children Facing Violence and Abuse