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Skriv utViolence does not affect all women in the same way, and not all women are in a position to change their situation. Certain factors such as substance abuse or disability, can lead to some women needing more support than others.
The shelters need to know how factors such as ethnicity, class, sexuality and age affect vulnerability to violence in order to be able to give individual women the best possible help.
A lack of knowledge or understanding of these may result in a woman receiving less support. It can also mean the woman not seeking support to start with, if the shelter unintentionally excludes her and so does not make it clear that they are there to help her.
Both volunteer workers at the shelters and other people who come into contact with abused women need to reflect on their own attitudes towards the women they meet, and on who belongs to the “group of women”.
SKR’s priorities include promoting a greater understanding and developing more specialised activities which lead to better support for women who are subjected to violence and who
- do not have a permanent residence permit
- live under honour-related oppression and violence
- live in a same-sex relationship
- are elderly
- have a physical or mental disability
