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...problem of domestic abuse in the South Asian community has been studied on a few occasions with striking results. When the Asian Task Force against Domestic Violence (ATASK) conducted a study in Massachusetts in 2000, it found that “44 percent of South Asians know a woman who has been physically abused or injured by her partner,” and “31 percent know a woman whose partner insults or humiliates her regularly.” Professors Anita Raj of Boston University and Jay Silverman of the Harvard School of Public Health published a study...
...reasons for this problem are rarely discussed among South Asians because it forces us to confront some of the more difficult truths about our culture. When ATASK conducted its study, it also convened focus groups that discussed the possible reasons for domestic violence in the community. The phenomena that they cited are all too common for many South Asian households. They include the idea that a woman is “given” to the husband’s family when she is married, becoming the property of her husband, which creates a culture in which it is taboo...
...works with women (and often their children) on a case-by-case basis to rebuild their lives after incidents of domestic violence. The organization has also brought widespread attention to this problem, gaining praise from local corporations, governments, and then-Senator Barack Obama. Many other South Asian nonprofits, including ATASK and Saheli in Boston, are effectively addressing the issue using similar missions and methods...
...main reasoning behind the bill is mostlyto try to repudiate the guilt-by-association thatis currently the policy we have towards studentsin ROTC," said Torre, a co-sponsor of thelegislation, which, if approved, would create atask force to work with the administration on theissue...
Items on Fine's list include renewed compliancewith Federal and state non-profit tax-exemptionguidelines, the installment of a copy machine foruse by all student groups and the creation of atask force to study alternative methods fordistributing non-Harvard newspapers...