Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender Democracy Vs. Gender Inequality, Transforming Gender Roles
The presence of gender violence tells us about the presence of inequality; the extent of violence tells us about the extent of the inequality. Originally presented as opening remarks at our 2011 National Summit, these thoughts elucidate where we are now (cultures of...
Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Violence, Lifecourse Violence and Help Seeking, Lifetime Spiral of Gender Violence, Our Analysis
From the aborting of female fetuses to intimate homicide, girls and women may encounter numerous oppressions during infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and as elders. Some of these are confined to one stage in the lifecycle, some continue into subsequent...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culture & Gender-Based Violence, Gender Democracy Vs. Gender Inequality, Our Analysis, Patriarchy & Power, Transforming Gender Roles
Engendering Change: Transforming Gender Roles in Asian & Pacific Islander Communities grew out of a round-table discussion, convened by the API Institute, inviting battered women’s advocates and providers of Batterer Intervention Programs (BIPs) with the following...
Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Lifecourse Violence and Help Seeking, Lifetime Spiral of Gender Violence, Research and Data
This research project aimed to enhance the understanding of Asian battered women’s experiences in seeking help from the criminal justice system and other programs, and to develop recommendations for system responses to IPV in Asian communities. To this end,...
Culture & Gender-Based Violence, Our Analysis, Pacific Islanders, Patriarchy & Power
The notions and strategies of colonial domination are used by patriarchy to continue male dominance over women. We need to counter claims that colonization has led to violence against women, by pointing out that there is in fact a tight connection between colonization...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Engaging Men, Gender Democracy Vs. Gender Inequality, Gender-Based Violence, Patriarchy & Power
What will it take for men in our communities to divest from gender violence and invest in gender equality? This report examines how engagement applies within the cultural contexts of Asian men and their communities. Because sociocultural differences influence how...
Culture & Gender-Based Violence, Our Analysis
We have come to understand cultures to be stable patterns of beliefs, thoughts, traditions, values, and practices that are handed down from one generation to the next to ensure the continuity of these systems. In fact, traditions actually shift and change under...
Culture & Gender-Based Violence, Our Analysis
Cultural defenses in domestic violence cases use politically expedient stereotypes of culture, forwarded by attorneys on behalf of defendants, to play into already existing negative depictions of culture. This raises difficult questions: Can we balance the strong...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culture & Gender-Based Violence, Our Analysis
Culture is too hastily understood as ethnic culture, but in fact we all inhabit multiple cultures simultaneously and need to understand which ones we are operating in to be effective. These training slides, authored by Dr. Sujata Warrier, can be used by advocates to...
