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Sujata Warrier
Sujata Warrier is the Director of the New York City Program of the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. She trains and provides technical assistance to professionals in various systems such as health care, law enforcement, criminal and civil justice and human and social services on the issue of domestic violence. Additionally, she provides assistance on legislative and policy issues on battered immigrant women for the state. She has also trained extensively on the issue of cultural competency for various professionals and has delivered numerous keynotes on the issue of culture, competency, relativism, domestic violence and violence against women. She received her Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She has written and published numerous articles on violence against women in the international context.
Dr. Warrier continues to work in Manavi, a pioneering South Asian women's organization in New Jersey. She also serves on other Boards and groups: the Rape Crisis Center of Columbia University, the Asian Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence and the National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women. She is also a faculty on the 10 state National Health Initiative of the Family Violence Prevention Fund as well as faculty at the National Judicial Institute. She recently authored "From Sensitivity to Competency: Clinical and Departmental Guidelines for Achieving Cultural Competency" for the Family Violence Prevention Fund; "Achieving Effective Public Education in a Diverse Society: A Solutions Oriented Approach." For the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and "Outreach to Underserved Communities: A National Curriculum for the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, and Cultural Considerations in Domestic Violence Cases: A National Judges Training Curriculum. In addition, Dr. Warrier has provided training on the issue of culture and cultural competency to health care providers, domestic violence advocates, prosecutors and judges throughout the nation. She has also provided keynotes, workshops and lectures on the same issues in many venues throughout the country.
