These training slides address considerations affecting Asian and other immigrants — including different dynamics of domestic violence, trends in abuse, barriers faced by immigrant and refugee mothers, and gender bias in mediation — and the implications for mediators and child custody evaluators.
Related Resources
Child Custody Evaluation: Domestic Violence & Cultural Contexts in Asian Families, 2017
This tipsheet identifies the differing dynamics of domestic and family violence in Asian homes and how a deeper understanding of these cultural contexts can guide and improve practice in child custody evaluations when there are allegations of domestic violence.
Immigrants in the Child Welfare System, 2018
By ABA Center on Children and the Law, this resource provides guidance on how to navigate seven different scenarios in which children and their families may benefit from support services but face intersecting immigration and child welfare legal needs.
By API-GBV
Sponsored by Battered Women’s Justice Project
October 2012