Gill, A.K. and Anitha, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-6918-3680 (2023) The nature of domestic violence experienced by Black and minoritised women and specialist service provision during the COVID-19 pandemic: practitioner perspectives in England and Wales. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 7 (2). pp. 252-270. ISSN 2398-6808
Abstract
Our article seeks to understand the contours of what has been termed a ‘dual pandemic’ in the UK: twin crises of increasing domestic violence and abuse (DVA) alongside the spread of COVID-19, both of which have disproportionately affected Black and minoritised communities. Our article draws upon the perspectives of 26 practitioners who provide specialist DVA services for Black and minoritised women and girls in England and Wales. Based on interviews with these practitioners, we explore the nature and patterns of the DVA which their Black and minoritised women clients experienced during the pandemic. Our findings highlight the pandemic-related risks and challenges that lead to specific manifestations of DVA within Black and minoritised communities and reveal the practice and policy landscape of the ‘by and for’ DVA sector during the pandemic and beyond.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Centre for Gender and Violence Research University of Bristol. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
Keywords: | domestic violence and abuse; COVID-19; ‘by and for’ services; Black and minoritised women; intersectionality |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2024 13:04 |
Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2024 20:14 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1332/239868021x16661761362132 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:208876 |