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An Online Resource Library on Gender-Based Violence.

Domestic violence in immigrant communities

This section presents information on domestic violence in immigrant communities, including its prevalence and the nature of power and control used against immigrant survivors.

The Facts on Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence

This fact sheet offers some statistics about immigration and domestic violence, and describes some of the financial, cultural, and linguistic barriers that may deter immigrant women from seeking services.

Domestic Violence High for Mail Order Brides

This radio program talks about domestic violence experienced by immigrant women who come to the country after getting married to American men through international match making businesses.

The Intersectionality of Forced Marriage with Other Forms of Abuse in the United States

This Applied Research paper provides information and research on forced marriage in the United States and its intersections with child abuse, sexual assault and rape, domestic and family violence, stalking, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and human trafficking. The research demonstrates that forced marriage is a serious but neglected problem in this country, and despite many advocates’ best efforts, survivors of forced marriage and those at risk continue to fall through the cracks of the systems and programs set up to protect individuals from abuse.
Power and Control Wheels
Developed from the experiences of battered women, the Power and Control Wheel shows patterns and actions individuals intentionally use to exercise control over their intimate partners. The wheels provided below reflect unique experiences of immigrant survivors of domestic violence. However, the Power & Control Wheel has some limitations. For example, it omits certain types of domestic violence present in Asian families. The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence offers the Lifetime Spiral listed below, which is more relevant to this population group and may be more relevant to others as well. By enumerating types of violence over the lifecourse, the Lifetime Spiral implicitly locates a range of abusers in the lives of girls and women, revealing patterns of victimization and perpetration.

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Power and Control Tactics used against Immigrant Women

This document describes some of the tactics used to abuse immigrant women. These include emotional abuse, economic abuse, sexual abuse, using coercion and threat, intimidation, isolation, and blaming women for inciting violence.

Lifetime Spiral of Gender Violence

This document is an illustration describing the violence that may happen throughout the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander women during the life stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, adulthood and later life.