_Inside Pages - pgs 2 to 51 Cultural Booklet

Domestic Violence Collaborative Committee (DVCC) Following the completion of the above study and community forums, CAIWA took the initiative along with other organizations in Red Deer and Central Alberta to address the domestic violence issues as identified above focusing on immigrants, better ways to support clients, and reduce systemic barriers. [...] Along with the Blueprint project of Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters, the DVCC developed tools that were intended to assist with the development of the training modules. [...] (Beagan 2015) Cultural Iceberg - YouTube 7 Cultural Diversity According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] cultural diversity is: • Embodied in the uniqueness and plurality of the identities of the groups and societies making up humankind • Source of exchange, innovation and creativity and is necessary for humankind as biodiversity is for nature • It i. [...] 27 Physical • A form of abuse and violence that involves physical assault or threat of physical assault (may not always be visible) Psychological/Emotional Types • A form of abuse that attacks a person's emotional and mental well-being, impedes sense of safety and freedom, or being blamed for the cause of harm of Sexual • Any form of forced sexual activity or forms of sexual coercion Harm Financia. [...] Battered Women's Justice Project www.bwjp.org Guides and resources to assist providers with immigrant victims of DV/IPV: • how to more effectively respond to battered immigrant women • how immigration status is used as a weapon in domestic violence cases • the options open to immigrant victims • the documents they need • and when a referral to an immigration attorney should be made.