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  • Digital technologies are being increasingly used to facilitate domestic violence, particularly impacting immigrant and refugee women, but research on this issue is limited.
  • Interviews with victim-survivors and stakeholders reveal that while these women experience technology-facilitated domestic violence (TFDV) similarly to others, they encounter specific challenges like language barriers and cultural bias.
  • A comprehensive strategy is needed to combat TFDV, focusing on culturally sensitive law reforms, education, and training to effectively address the unique challenges faced by immigrant and refugee populations.

Article Abstract

Digital technologies are increasingly being used as tools for the perpetration of domestic violence. Little empirical research to date has explored the nature and impacts of technology-facilitated domestic violence (TFDV), and even less attention has been paid to the experiences of immigrant and refugee women. This article examines the nature and impacts of TFDV as experienced by immigrant and refugee women. Drawing on interviews with 29 victim-survivors and 20 stakeholders, we argue that although immigrant and refugee women may experience TFDV in similar ways to non-immigrant and refugee women, they face unique challenges, such as language barriers, cultural bias from support services, lack of financial resources, lack of trust in state institutions, and additional challenges with justice and migration systems. Immigrant and refugee women also face multiple structural layers of oppression and social inequality. Accordingly, we argue that a multifaceted approach is required to address TFDV that includes culturally sensitive and specific law reform, education, and training.

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