Social workers employed within DFV or CPS need to recognise the complex interactions across multidimensional forms of oppression impacting on women from migrant and refugee backgrounds; for example: race, ethnicity, social class, patriarchy, religion, immigration/citizenship status, and linguistic diversity. This article explores these issues facing migrant and refugee communities in a DFV and CPS context in Australia. Using the three lenses of evidence-based policy outlined by Brian Head in 2008, the authors highlight how these intersections play out in the research and policy landscape, which to date has been slow to develop a comprehensive knowledge base on cultural competencies IMPLICATIONS Social workers need to recognise the complex intersections of oppression impacting on migrant and refugee women and children who are dealing with DFV and how this intersects with power, identity, and social injustices. Recognition of these factors should lead to practice changes; for example, the development of appropriate practice guidelines. © 2018 Australian Association of Social Workers.

Anti-oppressive practice domestic violence Evidence-based practice Culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) Cross-cultural Social Work Practice Child Protection System

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