This report of a study of 47 South Asian women who were recent
immigrants to Canada reveals that these women face many challenges
in settling in the new country and barriers to the receipt of social
services. The findings emphasize the need to understand these
women's experiences within the framework of the intersecting diver
sities of race, gender, and class and to develop culturally and linguis
tically sensitive social work policies and practice.
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