Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the Hispanic community in California By Hilda Pettersson
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has different definitions in different states and countries. In California it is defined as a spectrum and pattern that includes emotional, verbal, physical, sexual and economic control and/or psychological abuse used by adults or adolescents against their former or current intimate partners to exercise authority and power (CDPH.org: retrieved 2018-11-03).
IPV in the Hispanic Community in California
34.4% of Hispanic women has reported IPV (CDC 2017: 120).
32.9% of women in California experience IPV in their lifetime (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
30.2% of these women are Hispanic (CDC 2017:138)
Identified root causes
Racial discrimination Masculinity Poverty
Different approaches to combating IPV
Advocacy for changes in policies
Education and Empowerment
Community Engagement
Altering current relations of power
Pressuring governments and states to take action
Helping people help themselves
Mobilizing the community
NGOs
Futures Without Violence (FWV) RISE
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
Incite!
Community Engagement
Advocacy for changes in policies
Education and Empowerment
Futures Without Violence (FWV)
- Empowerment and Education as a way to prevent IPV - Engaging men and challenging masculinity
“Coaching Boys Into Men”
Athletic coaches as mentors
Coaching young men
California based
Community/School-based education and training
Walk A Mile in Her Shoes
Interview with Jane Pomeroy at RISE Interview with Jane Pomeroy - Associate director
-Ending the cycle of violence
-Merged organization
-Educate and do presentation in the community
-Collaborating with community health workers hired by hospitals and other social services.
-Promatoras - Members of the community
-”Women helping Women” at a community church, providing childcare and food.
Encouraged by the department of Public Health to do community engagement
Interview with Jane Pomeroy at RISE
Obstacles
-Migrant farmworkers
-Public Charge
-School policies
-Grantours
-State legislations
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) -Advocating for laws regarding prevention of DV and IPV
-Federal legislations that hold perpetrators accountable and strengthen services for survivors
-Raising awareness
-Increased funding for housing
-NNEDV participates in conferences and expert panels at local level, state level and on a national level
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Legislations which would restrict legal immigration and harm and limit protection for immigrant DV/IPV victims.
”Border Security and Immigration Reform Act”
”Securing America’s Future Act”
Reauthorization act of the FVPSA - act that fund
programs that provide victims of DV/IPV with
support and safety
Incite!
Immigrants rights, hate crimes, institutional racism and violence within the communities
Need for an intersectional analysis to understand how communities with people of color suffer violence.
Community solutions and mobilizing grass-root movements.
“continuation of the violence directed at the community.”
Institutional racism within the police and the criminal justice system
Develop community responses to IPV and sexual violence.
Incite! Community Accountability
Community deciding to work together to provide safety and support, create values and practices and develop ways to address community members abusive behavior.
Transform the political conditions that reinforce violence and oppression.
Addressing violence directly but also preventing it
Method relies on the community working collectively and for people to form social bonds.
Difficulties: Isolation of victims
Most suitable method?
Education and Empowerment Advocacy Community Engagement
Change
Tools to understand and break down norms
Changing the laws and regulations that enforce oppression
Developing strategies within the community and creating unity