According to researchers at the City University of New York (CUNY), as reported by the BBC, women immigrants from the Dominican Republic are living dramatically different lives in the United States compared to the ones they left behind in their country of origin, where, they say domestic violence rates are high, women are less educated and more likely to be out of work and women who do have jobs earn much less than men.
Dominican women in the in the US, however, enjoy much better economic conditions, which equips them with the knowledge and confidence to challenge the traditional culture of machismo.
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