https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Women-Work-Migration https://internationalviewpoint.org/Women-Work-Migration 2016-04-15T15:02:44Z text/html en Jackie Esmunds Women Migration Racism and Islamophobia <p>Margaret Belafonte fled her home on a small Caribbean island to escape a violent and abusive common-law spouse (her name has been changed to protect her identity). The country she fled is one in which social services, such as they were, have been drastically cut. There is one temporary shelter in the country for women escaping violence, which houses only 15 women. The police are indifferent — and sometimes hostile — to women seeking protection from their violent partners. As a result, bail conditions and restraining orders that are supposed to protect women are ineffective.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV495-April-2016-" rel="directory">IV495 - April 2016</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Women-+" rel="tag">Women</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Migration-+" rel="tag">Migration</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Racism-and-Islamophobia-+" rel="tag">Racism and Islamophobia</a>