Topic:
Elimination of Harmful Cultural Practices: A Community Centred Project for
Education and Action
Speaker:
Sabrina Atwal, Project Director, Indo-Canadian Women’s Association
Location: Stanley Milner Library (Audio Visual Room)
Sabrina Atwal from the Indo-Canadian Women’s Association (ICWA) will discuss culturally motivated violence against
women and how certain cultural beliefs give the perception that violence
against women in some immigrant communities is "culturally
sanctioned". The ICWA will share data that they’ve collected on this topic
over the past eight months to help front line workers understand the cultural
issues behind this hidden topic of gender-based violence in immigrant
communities.