MARGARET ABRAHAM AND SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS (SAWOs)

Margaret Abraham coined the term SAWOs in the 1990s, in writing about domestic violence and the U.S. South Asian immigrant community.

Margaret Abraham has been grateful to work with many South Asian organizations addressing domestic violence as well as other areas pertinent to the South Asian immigrant community. She sees these organizations as having made a difference at individual, community and societal levels.

Some of the organizations Margaret has worked with include:

• Apna Ghar

• Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA)

• Asian Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence

• Domestic Harmony Foundation

• Manavi

• Sakhi for South Asian Women