1. What are the reasons for violence against women without Immigration status in Canada?
Lack of immigration status can make women isolated, dependent and face abuse. Women without immigration status are often forced to choose between remaining in an abusive relationship, deportation and to live without access to social services or ability to work.
Women who have been sponsored by a spouse in Canada, but whose permanent resident status has not been confirmed have more chances to abuse in the sponsorship relationship. A women who has been sponsored is dependent on her spouse for her immigration status is also generally also dependent on her spouse for financial assistance as she has restrictions imposed on her to work or access income assistance. Therefore a sponsored women who is in an abusive relationship does not have options for supporting herself or regularizing …show more content…
Key features of these changes that are affecting women and girls are:
• Short timelines for filing forms/refugee hearing as it takes time and trust to be ready to speak about traumatic experiences, especially sexual violence also it is more difficult to meet short timelines if you are juggling childcare.
• Barriers to legal representation – affected women’s & girls will be left unrepresented in the new system. Since negotiating the refugee process without a legal counsel is difficult for women which has limited access to education or relevant professional experience.
• Designated countries of origin – with some countries being designated “safe” and claimants from these countries have even shorter timelines, thus no right of appeal and virtually no access to health care. Women and girls fleeing gender-based persecution will be the worst affected by these discriminatory rules, since women’s rights are generally violated in other parts of world that may appear generally
Lack of immigration status can make women isolated, dependent and face abuse. Women without immigration status are often forced to choose between remaining in an abusive relationship, deportation and to live without access to social services or ability to work.
Women who have been sponsored by a spouse in Canada, but whose permanent resident status has not been confirmed have more chances to abuse in the sponsorship relationship. A women who has been sponsored is dependent on her spouse for her immigration status is also generally also dependent on her spouse for financial assistance as she has restrictions imposed on her to work or access income assistance. Therefore a sponsored women who is in an abusive relationship does not have options for supporting herself or regularizing …show more content…
Key features of these changes that are affecting women and girls are:
• Short timelines for filing forms/refugee hearing as it takes time and trust to be ready to speak about traumatic experiences, especially sexual violence also it is more difficult to meet short timelines if you are juggling childcare.
• Barriers to legal representation – affected women’s & girls will be left unrepresented in the new system. Since negotiating the refugee process without a legal counsel is difficult for women which has limited access to education or relevant professional experience.
• Designated countries of origin – with some countries being designated “safe” and claimants from these countries have even shorter timelines, thus no right of appeal and virtually no access to health care. Women and girls fleeing gender-based persecution will be the worst affected by these discriminatory rules, since women’s rights are generally violated in other parts of world that may appear generally