A Joint Research Project of Hong Fook Mental
Health Association & Chinese Family Life Services of Metro-Toronto
Funded by The Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation.
Researcher: Josephine Fong, Ph.D.
Completed in June, 2001
Executive Summary
Researcher: Josephine Fong, Ph.D. Completed
in June, 2001
A Joint Research Project of Hong Fook Mental Health Association
& Chinese Family Life Services of Metro-Toronto Funded
by The Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation
Researcher: Josephine Fong, Ph.D.
Completed in June, 2001
Executive Summary
Funded by the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture
and Recreation, Hong Fook Mental Health Association (HFMHA)
and Chinese Family Life Services of Metro-Toronto (CFLSMT)
were able to conduct a study to scrutinize how Chinese and
Korean women with disabilities experience violence.
This study
was the beginning phase of the “Working for Change”
project as much more work with these women is yet to be done.
Through an examination of current literature and available
studies, we found that although there are numerous investigations
and reports presenting the problems that faced by people with
disabilities, the issues concerned women have not been included
very frequently, not to mention the issues particularly affected
ethnically minority women.
Nevertheless, from the piecemeal
portrayal of disabled women’s experiences, it is clear
that in addition to coping with disabilities, many of them
are struggling alone with violence in despair.
Therefore,
HFMHA and CFLSMT felt the urgency to conduct this study to
unveil the experiences of Chinese and Korean women with disabilities
who also experienced violence in families, workplaces, intimate
relationships, and/or on the streets.
When the ultimate goal
of this project was to increase people’s awareness of
the issue and to advocate for appropriate policy change and
service development, there were four specific objectives to
be achieved:
- To conduct a thorough investigation of these women’s
realities
- To empower research participants to make change for themselves
- To help research participants to establish a stronger
supporting network among themselves
- To share the research findings with the general public
and other social service providers.
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