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Towards the Social Inclusion and Empowerment of Women from Refugee and Migrant Backgrounds in Non-Metropolitan Australian Communities
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Towards the Social Inclusion and Empowerment of Women from Refugee and Migrant Backgrounds in Non-Metropolitan Australian Communities

Mandy Hughes, Louise Whitaker and Barbra Rugeyndke
Using Women's Economic Empowerment to Combat Intimate Partner Violence, pp.246-254
Routledge, 1st
2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003659532-26
Appears in  Recent Faculty of Education Publications

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Abstract

Given links between women's economic empowerment and IPV reduction, the 3Es to Freedom: Education, Employment, Empowerment programme aimed to empower refugee and migrant women to successfully navigate their futures by developing confidence, building knowledge and skills, and broadening their experiences to become stronger through their connections to community. The ultimate goal of the program was to support participants to secure sustainable employment of their choice, enabling them to move away from IPV should they need to. Making community connections and developing social networks were key to success in building the participants' confidence and skills, empowering them to pursue employment. In addition, the program supported the women to embark on social enterprise employment projects. Referring to this program as a case study, this chapter will describe and critically reflect on the success of this innovative intervention. The programme was delivered by a non-government organisation in Australia and supported by a long-term university research partnership.

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