“All the System is Simply a Soap Bubble”: Legal Help-Seeking for Domestic Violence Among Women in Kyrgyzstan

Childress, Saltanat; Hanusa, Darald

doi:10.1007/s10896-017-9945-0

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“…Sociocultural norms, including social sanctions, shame, and stigma, discourage help-seeking behaviors (Childress, 2017) forcing women to endure abuse from their partners for prolonged periods with minimal support from formal and informal sources (Childress, Gioia, & Campbell, accepted). In addition, women experience legal and systemic barriers ranging from ineffectual police and institutional responses to abuse against women, including failure to enforce protection orders, corruption, negligence, and pro forma police attitudes that present enormous hurdles for women considering leaving abusive relationships (Childress & Hanusa, 2018).…”

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Leaving and Beyond: Voices of Survivors of Domestic Violence From Kyrgyzstan

Childress

Panchanadeswaran

Joshi

2017

J Interpers Violence

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Despite the global nature of domestic violence against women, few studies have examined the phenomenon in Kyrgyzstan. This grounded theory study gives voice to survivors of domestic violence by examining women's experiences of various forms of violence and the complexities surrounding Kyrgyz women's decision making about leaving violent relationships. Findings revealed that survivors move through a three-stage process of leaving: (a) reaching a turning point, (b) implementing the leaving process, and (c) reclaiming self. Participants described "turning points" as critical events or sudden realizations that the violence had become uncontrollable or intolerable, and that the problem was not going to be solved without external support. The turning points fell into four major categories, including epiphanies and moments of truth, losing hope for a change in the abuser's behavior, reaching the point of saturation and giving up, and experiencing fear for the safety of children and protecting self. The main factor that led women to leave was being confronted with the pervasive fear that the abuse would lead to permanent disability or death. In the second stage, the process of leaving was characterized by an iterative cycle of leaving and returning until women were able to weigh the costs and benefits of staying and leaving in the face of cultural, institutional, and systemic constraints. The final stage of leaving involved "reclaiming self," which was the result of cognitive shifts, finding new meanings in their experiences of abuse and attempts to leave, and support received from advocates at the shelter. Results have implications for interventions with survivors and policies addressing the problem of domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan.

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Leaving and Beyond: Voices of Survivors of Domestic Violence From Kyrgyzstan

Childress

Panchanadeswaran

Joshi

2017

J Interpers Violence

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“…Thirty-one of the included studies supported the idea that HCPs need to create a safe and supportive environment to facilitate women’s disclosure 5 32 34–52 54–60 62–67. For many participants, deciding to share their experiences of IPA was a difficult process entangled in a range of fears 5 34 35 37 39 41–43 45–50 52 54–59 62–64 66 67.…”

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“…The 34 included studies represented 17 countries: 13 were conducted in the USA, [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] 4 in Australia, [46][47][48][49][50][51] 3 in the UK 5 52 53 and 1 each in Ecuador, 54 India, 55 Israel, 56 Japan, 57 Kyrgyzstan, 58 Mexico, 59 New Zealand, 60 Nigeria, 61 Norway, 62 Palestine, 63 South Africa, 64 Spain, 65 Sweden 66 and Taiwan. 67 The 37 papers resulting from these studies were published in 2016 (n=7), 2017 (n=10), 2018 (n=4), 2019 (n=9), 2020 (n=6) and 2021 (n=1), and included a total of 1016 participants.…”

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Women’s experiences and expectations of intimate partner abuse identification in healthcare settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis

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ObjectivesTo explore women’s experiences and expectations of intimate partner abuse (IPA) disclosure and identification in healthcare settings, focusing on the process of disclosure/identification rather than the healthcare responses that come afterwards.DesignSystematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studiesData sourcesRelevant studies were sourced by using keywords to search the databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychINFO, SocINDEX and ASSIA in September 2021.Eligibility criteriaStudies needed to focus on women’s views about IPA disclosure and identification in healthcare settings, use qualitative methods and have been published in the last 5 years.Data extraction and synthesisRelevant data were extracted into a customised template. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist for qualitative research was used to assess the methodological quality of included studies. A thematic synthesis approach was applied to the data, and confidence in the findings was appraised using The Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research methods.ResultsThirty-four studies were included from a range of healthcare settings and countries. Three key themes were generated through analysing their data: (1) Provide universal education, (2) Create a safe and supportive environment for disclosure and (3) It is about how you ask. Included papers were rated overall as being of moderate quality, and moderate-high confidence was placed in the review findings.ConclusionsWomen in the included studies articulated a desire to routinely receive information about IPA, lending support to a universal education approach that equips all women with an understanding of IPA and options for assistance, regardless of disclosure. Women’s suggestions for how to promote an environment conducive to disclosure and how to enquire about IPA have clear implications for clinical practice.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42018091523.

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“…We would point out that unwieldy, ineffectual, judicial systems which offer little reward for survivors, in the end, (Childress & Hanusa, 2018;Cubells & Calsamiglia, 2018) are a more convincing argument not to press ahead with more judicial interventions. However, where a judicial system responds robustly to IPV (Lewis, 2004, describes a number of examples), then current study findings suggest, we should consider this route to survivor safety with more frequency.…”

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A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Domestic Violence Survivors on Behavior Change Programs With Perpetrators

McGinn

Taylor

McColgan

2019

J Interpers Violence

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This study investigated the process of change in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) perpetrators through in-depth interviews with their (ex-) partners. Programmes designed to help perpetrators change their behaviour, have yet to be endorsed by rigorous evaluation. In this context, this study explored survivors' perspectives for direction on how these programmes might be further developed. Interviews were conducted with eighteen IPV survivors, who had recently had the experience of having a (ex-) partner complete a perpetrator programme. The study employed iterative data collection and analysis, in keeping with the grounded theory approach to qualitative research. Researchers used secondary coding to enhance study rigour. Lines of enquiry which were relevant to perpetrator programme development where identified in an expert review of interim findings, after nine interviews. Survivors described change on a spectrum, from highly significant change, through uncertainty about change, to harmful change. Some survivors described their subscription to new standards of family safety, following the support and time-out they had been afforded during their partners' treatment. Study findings give us pause to consider what we can realistically hope to achieve through traditionally formatted psycho-educative group-work programmes with perpetrators. Survivors described the need for long term sustained changed in perpetrators, and genuine feelings of safety for themselves, and their children. The authors discuss the role current perpetrator programmes might play in achieving these aims and point toward the inadequacy of commonly used behaviour-counting tools in programme evaluations. Based on current study findings, authors suggest that perpetrator programmes can become perpetrator-centric, and stray from their original conceptualisation as just one part of an integrated response to IPV. Authors lend support to calls for the use of survivor safety, and wellbeing measures, in programme evaluations.

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“All the System is Simply a Soap Bubble”: Legal Help-Seeking for Domestic Violence Among Women in Kyrgyzstan

Cited by 12 publications

References 26 publications

Leaving and Beyond: Voices of Survivors of Domestic Violence From Kyrgyzstan

Leaving and Beyond: Voices of Survivors of Domestic Violence From Kyrgyzstan

Women’s experiences and expectations of intimate partner abuse identification in healthcare settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis

A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Domestic Violence Survivors on Behavior Change Programs With Perpetrators

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