Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I: Theories, Campaigns, Practice, And Policy
• Chapter 1: Explaining the Abuse of Women: An Examination of Conventional and Dominant Theoretical Perspectives - Josephine Fong
• Chapter 2: An Opportunity to Publicize the Private: Public Education Campaigns and Domestic Violence in Ontario - Samantha Majic
• Chapter 3: Women Are Still Unsafe: Cracks in Best Practice and Mandatory Arrest Policies - Josephine Fong
• Part II: Experiences Of Activists And Helping Professionals
• Chapter 4: Challenges, Connections, and Creativity: Anti-violence Work with Racialized Women - Cyndy Baskin
• Chapter 5: Beyond Cultural Stereotypes: Chinese-Canadian Helping Professionals' Perspectives on Woman Abuse within the Chinese-Canadian Community in Toronto - Josephine Fong
• Chapter 6: Experiences of Front-line Shelter Workers in Providing Services to Immigrant Women Impacted by Family Violence - Angie Rupra
• Chapter 7: Overview of Domestic Violence in the South Asian Community in Canada: Prevalence, Issues, and Recommendations - Ritu Choksi, Sabra Desai, and Andalee Adamali
• Part III: The Lived Experiences Of Women
• Chapter 8: Changes in Gender Relations as a Risk Factor for Marital Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence: A Study of Ethiopian Immigrant Couples in Canada - Ilene Hyman, Robin Mason, Sepali Guruge, Girma Mekonnen, NOreen Stuckless, Taryn Tang, and Hiwot Teffera
• Chapter 9: Chinese Immigrant Women Confronting Male Violence in Their Lives - Josephine Fong
• Chapter 10: Praying for Divorce: The Abuse of Jewish Women through Jewish Divorce Law - Lisa Rosenberg
• Chapter 11: Violence against Women: Nigerian-Canadian Women's Experiences - Ngozi L. Nwosu
• Chapter 12: Perceptions of Intimate Male Partner Violence and Determinants of Women's Responses to It: Findings from a Study in the Sri Lankan Tamil Community in Toronto
• Notes
• References
• About the Contributors

About the Author

Josephine Fong, PhD, was a Faculty member at York University, Tyndale University College, and University of Toronto. In addition to her academic appointment, she has ample community experience working as a mental health professional, researcher, emotion management trainer, and quality assurance consultant. Currently, she is a Program Director at Centre for Immigrant and Community Services of Ontario and she continues to advocate for women who are affected by male violence.

Reviews

The book not only details the accounts of immigrant, refugee, and Aboriginal women's experiences of abuse, but highlights how other social locations may impact the women's coping and healing. It provides a richer understanding of intimate partner violence from the perspectives of culturally diverse women and those who assist them."" - Kendra Nixon, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba