Pakistani women, domestic violence and access to refugee protection –
A report of a trans-national research project conducted in the UK and Pakistan
Nadia Siddiqui, Sajida Ismail, Meg Allen
Contents Summary
Chapter one: Rationale for the research and design of the
study.
Chapter two: Contextualising the project
Chapter three: The UK legal context
Chapter four: The Pakistan context
Chapter five: Women and domestic violence in Pakistan
Chapter six: Access to services and shelter provision in
Pakistan
Chapter seven: In flight – under siege
Chapter eight: Understanding Pakistani women’s experiences
of domestic violence
Chapter nine: Service provision, and the difficulty of ‘evidencing’
violence
Chapter ten: Impact of the asylum system on Pakistani
women and children
Chapter Eleven: Discussion
List of References
Appendix One: Interview schedules
Appendix Two: Glossary
Appendix Three: Details of Pakistani participants.
Appendix Four: List of known shelters and crisis centres in Pakistan