Updated resources for immigrant victims of domestic and sexual violence

The US National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (VAWnet) has released updated Special Collections on immigrant women and domestic and sexual violence. Special Collections are peer-reviewed organised lists of select resources on specific topics related to violence against women. They provide contextual information to encourage critical analysis.

These collections, Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence and Immigrant Women and Sexual Violence, highlight the "common experiences of immigrant women who are in abusive relationships or victims of sexual violence, the legal protections and public benefits available, and practices and suggestions for increasing the effectiveness of services provided to immigrant women".

Originally authored in March 2009 by the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, the collections were updated in October 2013 by Sheetal Rana and ASISTA (respectively).