Gender in motion: How gender precipitates international migration

Nawyn, Stephanie J.; Reosti, Anna; Gjokaj, Linda

doi:10.1108/s1529-2126(2009)0000013011

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“…Violence against women is especially ubiquitous in war and displacement (Nawyn, Reosti, & Gjokaj, 2009). However, research in conflict-affected settings has traditionally focused on the sexual violence women experience by armed actors, overshadowing the global reality that women are at greater risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) across settings (Garcia-Moreno, Jansen, Ellsberg, Heise, & Watts, 2006; Stark & Ager, 2011) and growing evidence that indicates that IPV escalates in times of war (Clark et al, 2010; Hossain et al, 2014; Usta, Farver, & Zein, 2008).…”

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Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Three Refugee Camps

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Horn

Friis

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Violence Against Women

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This qualitative study examined the "drivers" of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in displacement to identify protective factors and patterns of risk. Qualitative data were collected in three refugee camps in South Sudan, Kenya, and Iraq ( N = 284). Findings revealed interrelated factors that triggered and perpetuated IPV: gendered social norms and roles, destabilization of gender norms and roles, men's substance use, women's separation from family, and rapid remarriages and forced marriages. These factors paint a picture of individual, family, community and societal processes that exacerbate women's risk of IPV in extreme conditions created by displacement. Implications for policy and practice are indicated.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Three Refugee Camps

Wachter

Horn

Friis

et al. 2017

Violence Against Women

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“…It may be, thus, sensible to extend the concept of 'critical household lens' (Nawyn et al 2009), coined for describing decision making on migration, when analysing negotiation processes on education, also.…”

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Persuading others: Young Roma women negotiating access to university

Pantea

2015

Education as Change

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This article is interested in how young Roma women negotiate access to university in family and community contexts shaped by gendered expectations and conflicting roles. It is based on 37 in-depth interviews with young Roma women in Romania's higher education or recent graduates. The paper argues that Roma women need to negotiate their aspirations for constructing an 'identity of choice' (as argued in the individualisation theory), under a constant pressure to conform to the compelling force of social structures such as gender, ethnicity and age.

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“…Sexual violence and rape also operate as strategies of war, colonization, and genocide (Nawyn, Reosti, & Gjokaj, 2009), as exemplified by Guatemala's Sepur Zarco case (Thomas-Davis, 2016). Although men's persecution is often related to state violence, "women who are persecuted more often are targeted by family members, neighbors, or other acquaintances, and the violence is often sexual" (Nawyn et al, 2009, p. 193).…”

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“Salía de uno y me metí en otro”: Exploring the Migration-Violence Nexus Among Central American Women

Heffron

2018

Violence Against Women

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Increasing numbers of Central American women cross the U.S.–Mexico border, prompting social service providers, advocates, and policy makers to investigate motivations and appropriate responses. Drawing from a constructivist grounded theory study and in-depth qualitative interviews, this article explores women’s experiences of domestic and sexual violence in relation to migration. Findings reveal interconnections across multiple and interconnecting categories of violence as precipitating factors for migration, during border-crossing, and following arrival in the United States. This study fills gaps in our understanding of the violence-migration nexus and provides direction for policy, practice, and advocacy, in the context of shifting political landscapes and migration trends.

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Gender in motion: How gender precipitates international migration

Cited by 11 publications

References 53 publications

Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Three Refugee Camps

Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Three Refugee Camps

Persuading others: Young Roma women negotiating access to university

“Salía de uno y me metí en otro”: Exploring the Migration-Violence Nexus Among Central American Women

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