Impact of a US asylum decision on sexual and reproductive health and rights: a call to action for health and legal professionals

Molina, Rose L.; Ardalan, Sabrineh; Scott, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/26410397.2019.1598232

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“…The Trump administration has repealed gender-based asylum, a hard won legal protection for immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. On June 18, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions argued in Matter of A-B- that surviving domestic violence or gang violence “cannot itself establish an asylum claim” (Molina et al, 2019, p. 1). Sessions’ ruling overturned the precedent from Matter of A-R-C-G- in 2014, which established gender-based violence as a basis of asylum.…”

Section: State Violence Against Immigrants Under the Trump Administramentioning

confidence: 99%

Discipline and Commoditize: How U-Visas Exploit the Pain of Gender-Based Violence

Abbasi

2020

Feminist Criminology

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U-Visas are granted to immigrant survivors of gender-based crimes. I use critical discourse analysis to examine 100 U-visa cases. I present two arguments. First, U-Visa adjudication establishes a panoptics of pain that disciplines survivors. The panoptics of pain transforms immigrant suffering into objects of scientific knowledge. Second, U-Visas establish an economy of pain that commoditizes survivors’ suffering. The economy of pain establishes transactional exchanges between immigrants and state agencies while generating economic profits for carceral corporations. I conclude with microlevel policy reforms to make U-Visas less exploitative of petitioners, and macrolevel policy reforms to empower working-class immigrants and prevent gender-based violence.

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Section: State Violence Against Immigrants Under the Trump Administramentioning

confidence: 99%

Discipline and Commoditize: How U-Visas Exploit the Pain of Gender-Based Violence

Abbasi

2020

Feminist Criminology

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“…Legal decisions, they write, "not only provide mechanisms for individuals to pursue justice, but they also serve as symbols of what is considered to be acceptable or not acceptable in a society." 15 They note that this decision also illustrates the need for improved collaboration between legal and health professionals to "go beyond their traditional roles to advocate for the people they serve and to partner in holding political and legal authorities accountable for their decisions." 15 Engaging with politics towards change Globally, we are in a period of widespread populist politics, replete with propaganda and lies, the promulgation of hatred and fear, and regressive SRHR policies.…”

Section: Holding Power To Accountmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…15 They note that this decision also illustrates the need for improved collaboration between legal and health professionals to "go beyond their traditional roles to advocate for the people they serve and to partner in holding political and legal authorities accountable for their decisions." 15 Engaging with politics towards change Globally, we are in a period of widespread populist politics, replete with propaganda and lies, the promulgation of hatred and fear, and regressive SRHR policies. Decades of public health evidence demonstrates, inarguably, that sexual and reproductive rights are fundamental to the health and wellbeing of all.…”

Section: Holding Power To Accountmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, legal decisions can also work to undermine SRHR. In this issue, Molina et al 15 explore the potentially dangerous implications for women of US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ reversal of a decision ( Matter of A-R-C-G ) in June 2018, in which domestic violence was the basis for asylum. The authors warn that, amidst a global epidemic of gender-based violence, this reversal could set a perilous international precedent, with possible impacts on women and survivors of violence globally.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The authors warn that, amidst a global epidemic of gender-based violence, this reversal could set a perilous international precedent, with possible impacts on women and survivors of violence globally. Legal decisions, they write, “not only provide mechanisms for individuals to pursue justice, but they also serve as symbols of what is considered to be acceptable or not acceptable in a society.” 15 They note that this decision also illustrates the need for improved collaboration between legal and health professionals to “go beyond their traditional roles to advocate for the people they serve and to partner in holding political and legal authorities accountable for their decisions.” 15 …”

Section: Holding Power To Accountmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ray

2024

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This narrative review delineates the barriers that women refugees and asylum seekers face regarding their sexual and reproductive health (SRH), exploring how digital tools and higher education play transformative roles in facilitating information and communication pertaining to SRH. Further, this review explores the unique role that colleges and universities in the United States can play in leveraging digital technologies to support the healthcare needs of women migrants. The authors also lean into their own experiences as higher education teachers and practitioners to contextualize these findings and advocate for the health, rights and dignity of women and migrants. The article concludes that institutions of higher education (HEIs) are strategically positioned to provide services for and shape discourse surrounding women migrant SRH. By investing in and expanding online resources, counselling and telehealth services, multilingual literacy programmes and other support platforms, as well as by centring migrant and transnational epistemologies, HEIs in the United States can be key support systems for forced migrants, empowering these students to make informed choices about their bodies and sexualities, access vital care and thrive in their new communities. This narrative review recommends future research and practice at the intersections of refugee studies, digital technologies and higher education.

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Impact of a US asylum decision on sexual and reproductive health and rights: a call to action for health and legal professionals

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Discipline and Commoditize: How U-Visas Exploit the Pain of Gender-Based Violence

Discipline and Commoditize: How U-Visas Exploit the Pain of Gender-Based Violence

Politics, power, and sexual and reproductive health and rights: impacts and opportunities

The convergence of higher education and digital technologies for the sexual and reproductive health of women refugees: A narrative review

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