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Barriers and supports to divorce for victimised British-Indian mothers and consequences of divorce: narratives of British-Indian adult children of divorce. |
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Child Care in Practice, 18(2), April 2012, pp.147-164. |
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1357-5279 |
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1476-489X |
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Divorce and separation can be a particularly challenging prospect for British-Indian women due to the superimposition of several oppressive structures such as race, patriarchy, gender and immigration that render them particularly vulnerable and limit their help-seeking approaches. However, British-Indian victimised minority ethnic women do make strategic choices to seek help in domestic violence situations and even to divorce. The aim of this study is to consider, through the narratives of their adult children, the context, barriers and supports that their mothers had to address in relation to domestic violence and to divorce, the decisions their mothers made, and the consequences of these decisions. The participants were 21 adults ranging in age from 18-35 years who were children of divorce. Data was collected from the participants through interviews. Analysis suggests that barriers and supports towards help-seeking for domestic violence and to divorce and the consequences of divorce are embedded in the community contexts for British-Indian women. The implications towards informing appropriate support to victimised and divorced women within their communities are discussed. |
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cultural identity; divorce; domestic violence; South Asian people; women; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=95629d13-beab-4837-a852-7d6780353b20 |
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