What does this sentence mean? ( DV and ethnicity related)

[creakingwheels]

Domestic abuse disproportionately affects women from minority ethnic groups due to long-standing structural inequalities, which can have adverse effects on mental health

What do you think this is saying?

But in that case the sentence would be:

Poor response to domestic abuse disproportionately affects women from minority ethnic groups due to long-standing structural inequalities

The point of it is because if it's a policy document it's important to point out the problems caused by domestic violence rather than assuming that anybody reading will automatically know what they are.

However it's an interesting thought experiment isn't it, to see where this ends.

It seems that "affecting mental health" is obviously a negative outcome with no explanation/qualification needed, whereas "domestic violence" is not.

I think its clear, by the different interpretations here of that sentence, that the writer has not explained their underlying thinking well, but has assumed that everyone will know what s/he means ( we don't!)

Besides the phrasing due to long-standing structural inequalities, which can have adverse effects on mental health
would appear to be saying its the structural inequalities which are having the adverse effects on mental health, rather than the DV.