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Appendix 1 – Interview schedule

Overview

1. Can you please describe your job role?

2. How long have you been working in this role for?

3. Have you had previous experience in a similar role?

4. Do you personally and as an organisation deal mainly with domestic abuse cases?

5. Do you mainly deal with South Asian Muslim women (SAMW)?

6. What age group do you mainly work with?

7. In your work do you come across more second or third generation SAMW?

8. In your professional opinion do you think third generation women are feel able to seek help if they are suffering from domestic violence?

9. Do you think there is enough help out there for SAMW victims of domestic violence?

10. In your opinion do you think there is enough help out there for domestic violence victims in general and specifically for SAMW?

12. Do you think that if women were aware of the services available to them they would access these services?

Below we will discuss various barriers in relation to the reporting and acknowledging of domestic violence and your opinion in relation how these either help or hinder SAMW seeking help. If there are any questions you wish not to answer please say so and we will skip these questions, and if at any time you would like to stop the interview please feel free to ask.

Religious barriers

1. What role do you think religion plays in the acknowledging and reporting of domestic abuse?

2. Do you think religion is a help or hindrance to potential victims of domestic abuse?

3. Do service users you have encountered specifically SAMW hold their religion in high regard?

4. Would they be described on average as committed Muslims in your opinion?

5. Is religion used as a tool by service users as a source of support in your professional experience?

6. In your professional opinion have you experienced cases where religious literature is used to excuse or contain the issue of domestic violence?

7. Are religious places and organisations such as mosques and community centres a first port of call for service users?

8. If women are led to believe their religion condones domestic violence how does this affect their ability and willingness to report and acknowledge domestic violence.

9. Would you have a particular case or example which comes to mind which highlights the role religion played in a woman overcoming domestic abuse?

9. In your opinion how could SAMW be provided with information to counter any wrongful religious influences?

10. In what form do you think this information could be provided to those women most at risk in the SAMC?

Cultural factors

1. In your professional opinion do you believe there are cultural barriers in the South Asian Muslim Community (SAMC) in the reporting of domestic violence?

2. Do you believe cultural norms are confused for religious norms by SAMW?

3. If you could, could you please provide an example of such a barrier you have experienced professionally?

4. Do you think certain cultural barriers are specific to the SAMC?

5. How much of a factor do you think cultural barriers are in the acknowledging and reporting of domestic violence?

6. Could you please provide examples of cultural barriers from service users which you have come across in your professional life?

7. Is it possible to overcome these barriers?

8. Are the women who are affected by these obstacles willing to overcome them?

9. What could be done to improve the help available to service users?

10. In what form could this help be delivered in?

Anxiety

1. Do you think women who are not aware of the procedure of reporting DV deters them from seeking help?

2. In your professional experience are there certain hurdles or factors which cause the most anxiety?

3. Are there any factors service users have highlighted to you which cause them the most anxiety in reporting DV?

4. Have you encountered common myths often given by the perpetrator about the reporting of reporting DV?

5. If a woman has children with her do you believe this is an additional cause for anxiety in relation to leaving a violent relationship?

6. How do you believe this feeling of anxiety can be alleviated?

7. Do you think if women were aware of the processes and outcome of reporting domestic violence they would be more willing to report DV to the authorities?

8. Would you be able to suggest your thoughts on how the process of reporting domestic violence can be made clearer to women?

9. How would you suggest this information can be given to women?

10. Thank you, would there be anything else you would like to add in relation to the anxiety related to the acknowledging and reporting of DV?

Societal Honour Shame

1. What barriers can you envisage a woman would face on a community level in opening up about suffering from domestic violence?

2. What barriers may a SAMW face in reporting domestic violence to the authorities on a familial level?

3. What consequences may a SAMW face in reporting domestic violence to the authorities?

4. What effect can reporting domestic violence have on the perceived honour a SAMW?

5. What effect can reporting domestic violence have on the wider family standing of a SAMW?

6. Is there a stigma attached to being viewed as a victim of domestic violence in the SAMC?

7. Would a SAMW be stigmatised for reporting domestic violence to the authorities?

8. How could the negative effect of reporting domestic violence in the SAMC be tackled?

9. In what way in your professional opinion could women and the community as a whole be educated about the facts of domestic violence and their rights?

Economic/ Other

1. What economic factors can prevent women in seeking help in relation to suffering from domestic violence?

2. Is financial support a barrier in the acknowledging and reporting of domestic violence?

3. Do the majority of SAMW rely on a spouse or family member for financial support?

4. If a woman has a child is this more of a motivation or barrier to leaving a violent relationship?

5. Do SAMW have pressure applied on them to not report domestic violence to the authorities?

6. From which areas of the SAMC and or people does this pressure come from?

7. Are the SAMW you encounter aware of the financial support available to them?

9. How in your view would you educate SAMW of their rights and the support available to them in relation to domestic violence?

10. In your professional opinion do you think more needs to be done to help SAMW, if so in what areas should this help be focussed on and what organisations are best suited to provide this help?

11. To conclude would you like to add anything which I have missed in the above questions which you believe is relevant in your professional opinion?