From Shakti’s experience of working with ethnic migrant and refugee communities, the gendered nature of domestic violence is further evidenced in socio-cultural practices that harm women and girl children, namely female foeticide, female infanticide, dowry abuse, forced and or underage marriage, female genital mutilation and family honour based/justified forms of abuse and violence including so-called `honour-killing’.

A Protection Order is a legal Order designed to protect a protected person and their children from further violence. A Judge can make a Protection Order if they are satisfied there has been domestic violence. The Judge also needs to be sure that the Order will work to protect an applicant, and any children who usually live with them, from a violent person.

Our Culture, Our Pride: No Excuse for Abuse’ – Family violence booklet for ethnically diverse communities