New Women New Yorkers

Tagged: domestic violence

Portraits & interviews

4 takeaways from the session Intimate Partner Violence in the Community: What Can I Do?

On November 4, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) and the Mayor’ Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) partnered to organize the workshop Intimate Partner Violence in the Community: What Can I Do?. The session was led by Training Programs and Initiatives Advisor of the ENDGBV Ermira Uldedaj, a fellow immigrant woman with 13 years of experience working with survivors of gender-based violence. A group of engaged community members and NWNY staff gathered to learn how we can respond to...

Features & analyses

A guide to the Violence Against Women Act and how it protects immigrant women

  Written by Lumi Zogaj Earlier this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed a ruling that granted asylum to a Salvadoran woman on the basis of domestic violence. In 2016, The Board of Immigration Appeals had found that the woman qualified for asylum on the grounds of her membership to a particular social group, because married women in El Salvador cannot leave their relationship and the government fails to protect them. Sessions’ decision not only narrowed the use of the...