Hi Nasima,
I'm currently analysing/writing up my doctoral study on South Asian
women's reproductive/sexual health knowledge, attitudes and experiences
in the UK. Outside of issues of immediate relevance to my topic area,
there were other interesting themes that came out of the research
process. One such area of interest, which I couldn't explore in depth
in my study, is relevant to your request and came from two women who
were single parents - one an immigrant (separated) and the other a first
generation woman (never been married).
It was interesting to look at the toll parenting alone has on the
mothers themselves as well as the implications for their children. One
participant spoke about having to pay more attention to things like what
she wears for fear of what people in her community might say as she was
a single mother living in a community that is predominantly Asian. If
her children misbehave in school it was attributed to her inability to
manage them as a single mother. Also, the children of such mothers seem
to have a tough time at school, especially with other Asian kids using
the 'bastard' word, a big taboo amongst Asians. This attitude amongst
Asian children, however, as one participant pointed out was often a
reflection of their parents' attitudes to these issues. In addition,
the participant vividly recollected the reaction of other Asian mothers
at the school gates when they waited for their children. While it was
pleasant innocuous exchanges of 'which class are your children in?' when
they first meet, once the children were out and it was known that two of
the participant's children were of mixed race and that the participant
was single, the barriers were obvious and shocking to her.
I anticipate there will also be differences (alongside some overriding
similarities) depending on whether the mother is unmarried and single or
divorced/separated/widowed and single. If you need any more information
regarding my study or this specific area in my study, do let me know.
It is a very interesting area to explore. All the very best.
Regards,
Sangeetha
PhD student
Dept. of Public Health and Primary Care
Thames Valley University
-----Original Message-----
From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK on behalf of
nasima khan
Sent: Thu 3/19/2009 16:54
To: [log in to unmask]
Cc:
Subject: Re: Research papers on South Asian Women parenting alone
Dear All,
I'm researching on the experiences of mothering alone within the South
Asian communities in the U.K.
I would be grateful for any information/research on this particular
group. I am also looking for participants to interview in London.
Thanks.
Regards.
Nasima
--- On Thu, 19/3/09, Lisa Fontes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Lisa Fontes <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: cultural competence & anti-racist work
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, 19 March, 2009, 1:04 PM
In response to Suman's statement, no, I do not believe that discussions
of
cultural competence "have exacerbated the persistence of racism" for a
second. If cultural competence is discussed without a power analysis or
without
a discussion of racism, then it is inadequate. But cultural competence
includes
issues other than racism as well--such as language access. We can blame
many
factors for the persistence of racism but I do not think cultural
competence is
one of them.
I don't see us as needing to choose between anti-racist work and
cultural
competence. The two--necessarily--go hand in hand.
Lisa Fontes, Ph.D.
Union Institute & University, USA
author: Interviewing Clients across Cultures and
Child Abuse & Culture (both from Guilford Press).
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:32:32 +0000
>From: SUMAN FERNANDO <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Culturally Competent Services--Senior Coucil Managers will
need more Help in understanding this!
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>Dare I suggest that all this talk abut 'culture' and 'cultural
competence'
>-and that seems to be what DRE is all about - may have obscured and so
>excacerbated the persistence of racism? The equalities agenda of
course
>makes things worse. Are we back in the 1970s again? At the launch of
the
>enquiry intoodeath of David Bennett (died ten years ago) when the
people
>giving speeches said hiw keen the Govt was to pursue cultural comptence
(or
>was it sensitiviry) someone in the audiance asked whether cultural
training
>would have prevented hsi death. There was no answer!
>
>Suman
>
>Suman Fernando
>Hon. Senior Lecturer, European Centre for Study of Migration & Social
Care
>(MASC)
>Visiting Professor, Department of Social Sciences, London Metropolitan
>University
>
>--- On Wed, 18/3/09, Sanyal Neil <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> From: Sanyal Neil <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Culturally Competent Services--Senior Coucil Managers
will
> need more Help in understanding this!
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, 18 March, 2009, 5:52 PM
>
> I don't know where you work Kaltum but down here on the South Coast
many
> managers are not entirely sure what a culturally competent service is
> either. In Dorset, where I live and used to work, it is like living
in
the
> 1950s in relation to many (but not all) people's attitudes and
prejudices
> and awareness levels. Many of us working in race equality in Dorset
use
the
> phrase - "The land time forgot". At the DRE National Conference
last
> Thursday a South Asian woman who has lived in the Isle of Wight for
10
> years broke down in tears in front of 400 delegates (I was one of
them)
> when she described the island as being in the 1950s on equalities
issues
> and how she gets spat on in the street just for being South Asian.
> The journey is a long one but here in Hampshire we feel we have moved
a
> long way over the last 5 years of hard-working activity. We benefit
from
> highly effective partnership working. I wish you well with your task
to
> help your senior manager in his understanding!!
>
>
> Neil Sanyal MSc
> Senior Social Work Practitioner
> Romsey/TVS Community Mental Health Team (Hampshire Partnership Trust)
> 5 Horsefair Mews
> Romsey
> Hampshire
> SO51 8JG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Health of minority ethnic communities in the UK
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of kaltum
osman
> Sent: 17 March 2009 16:38
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Culturally Competent Services--Senior Coucil Managers
will
> need more Help in understanding this!
>
> Dear all,
> Something to share with you:
>
> After all our hard work in making sure that culturally sensitive
> services are put in place, I have recently attended a meeting (
my
work
> is now with BME Children and Young People), and at that meeting
a
> senior coucil manager asked what culturally competent service
was!
>
> I am not sure if people are getting enough trainings or knowledge
but
> this certainly made me annoyed.
>
> Kaltum Osman Rivers
>
>
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