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Unprotected, unrecognized

14 Nov 2014

We focus on the gendered dimensions of immigration policy to bring visibility to While people with precarious status are not equally specifi c ways in which the Canadian state is complicit vulnerable, Goldring and colleagues (2010) note that in producing gender inequality in the form of violence precariousness is marked by the absence of rights that against racialized women, economic exclusion and [...] The analysis in this report is intended to contribute In Canada, it raises concerns regarding the welfare to the emerging grassroots and scholarly attention and basic rights of those deemed worthy to work but on intersections of violence against women and unworthy to stay, despite ongoing contributions to immigration policy in Canada. [...] The the Royal Commission on the Status of Women was dissolution of progressive social justice organizations fi rst established in 1967, the Status of Women, along such as the National Action Committee, Intercede with its grassroots counterpart, the National Action and the Sisters in Spirit Campaign (to name a few) Committee on the Status of Women, lobbied eff ectively exemplify the Canadian govern [...] TFWs are less in-caregivers in Ontario documented the continued likely to report violence to the police, to seek medical prevalence of abuse, despite the legal protections in attention (fear or lack of access and insurance), and to federal and Ontario law, calling attention to inherent be isolated from community or family support.
women refugees victims of family violence

Authors

Bhuyan, Rupaleem, Tarshis, Sarah, Osborne, Bethany J, Zahraei, Sajedeh

Pages
68
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario