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Asian Family Violence Report: South Asian
  • 44% of South Asians surveyed know a woman who has been physically abused or injured by her partner

  • 79% of the respondents were hit regularly by their parents when they were growing up

  • 5% of the respondents know a man who is being beaten by his partner

  • South Asian respondents endorsed help seeking more than any other Asian group surveyed. 82% said that a battered woman should tell a friend, call the police (74%), tell a family member (66%), turn to a shelter (50%) or therapist (48%). Only 5% said the woman shouldn't tell anyone.

  • Focus group members felt that the woman in marriage becomes the property of her husband and no longer belongs to her parents. A woman can not turn to her own family for help once she is married and parents are not supposed to intervene in the daughter's marriage.

  • Focus Group felt that in-laws play a critical role in 'family violence' within South Asian families especially in cases of dowry disputes.
 
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