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Starting point
In 1979, the Foundation for Women worked on access to justice
and shelter for migrant women by coordinating with the Immigration
Office both in the central area (Bangkok) and later in the Mae Sot District
of the Tak Province. Temporary shelters for Burmese women and
children were opened in the Mae Sot District. These shelters are for
victims of domestic abuse, and they offer protection, help in litigation
and reintegration so that they can return to family and society.

The Foundation for Women received complaints of violence against
women and children who are Burmese Muslims in Mae Sot. Undocumented
women and children are not able to receive state services or assistance.
The Foundation initiated a program on violence against women and
children in the Burmese Muslim community. This program provides advisory
services, legal assistance and temporary shelter with halal food. It also
works with leaders of women and girls in the Burmese Muslim community
to raise awareness of violence against women. The Foundation also tries
collaborating with community leaders and religious leaders so that victims
of domestic abuse can access protection mechanisms in accordance
with local laws and Islamic principles. Domestic violence is a problem
that Muslim women have faced for a long time, and adequate solutions
are complicated by long-standing cultural or traditional attitudes that
are not necessarily religious.

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