New Jersey's domestic violence advocates do a great job in making sure that their literature is available in both Spanish and English. Explaining legal rights in English is difficult enough, but many bilingual court advocates are spending hours trying to convince undocumented immigrants that they have the right to be protected from partners and family.
To help empower and protect our New Jersey residents, we must be sure that they understand that their rights. To that end, please keep an eye out for a soon-to-be published brochure on legal rights in domestic violence situations. The 43-page Spanish handbook is entitled: "Surviving Domestic Violence: Your Legal Rights." This handbook can help guide clients and others who have experienced domestic violence in their lives.
We're happy to see that advocates here in New Jersey are ensuring that a handbook on state legal rights for domestic violence will be available in Spanish. It's a great start. Now we also need pamphlets in Creole, Portuguese, Italian, French, Russian, Hindi, Urdu Arabic, and all the other languages of immigrants living in NJ.
Read the article here: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/nj_domestic_violence_victims_r.html
To find a domestic violence program in NJ, click here: http://www.njcbw.org/gethelp_NJservices.html
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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