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"There is violence in every community, but to have three cases in two weeks' time of women being murdered or attempted murder, we have to do something very fast," said Dosanjh.
"All three of these women have children. We can't sit back and do nothing." Dosanjh said the police and the courts have to do more to solve the cases and send a strong message that violence against women will not be tolerated.
But she said there are unique problems for immigrant women, who may not know how to access services or feel compelled not to report violence to the police.
And in the Indo-Canadian community women are "raised not to reach outside the culture for help," Rihal said.
"So they try to resolve these problems within the family," she said.
The Surrey Womens' Centre deals with about 2,000 women a year from all cultures.
Rihal said she thinks there should be outreach workers to get the message out that help is available.
"The first thing we need to do is educate the women," Rihal said.
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