FACT SHEET ASPIRE: Communication barriers and family violence
This fact sheet summarises the findings from research examining the impact of communication barriers on women’s experiences of family violence. It will be useful for service providers who work with immigrant and refugee women, men and community groups.
This fact sheet was created as part of the ASPIRE project, “Promoting community-led responses to violence against immigrant and refugee women in metropolitan and regional Australia”, which was completed in December 2016. The project worked with communities in eight locations (two inner-city, three outer-suburban, and three regional) across Victoria and Tasmania to generate evidence about immigrant and refugee women’s experiences of violence.
This fact sheet provides insight into the impact of communication barriers on immigrant and refugee women’s experiences of violence, including:
- language as a barrier to women accessing information about family violence, services, and their rights
- the barriers to accessing and understanding written information
- the consequences of these communication barriers for women experiencing violence
- the role of learning English in women’s access to safety and support
- the strategies and solutions used by service providers to overcome these communication barriers.
Suggested citation
Vaughan, C., Davis, E., Murdolo, A., Chen, J., Murray, L., Block, K., Quiazon, R., & Warr, D. (2016). ASPIRE: Communication barriers and family violence [Fact sheet]. ANROWS.