We provide a service for migrant and refugee women and children from non-english speaking backgrounds experiencing or escaping domestic or family violence. The staff of the program are bilingual and bi-cultural and work in partnership with domestic violence services, and other service providers including interpreters. Those other services also have specialised knowledge about the complexity of domestic and family violence within culturally diverse communities.

Women’s Safety Services SA, through the Migrant Women’s Support program, offers a specific service for women of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds who are in unsafe relationships. The program:

• is responsive to culturally sensitive need;
• conducts risk assessments;
• conducts safety management;
• provides information, advocacy, and refers to, and engages with other relevant services.