Labels, victims, and insecurity: an exploration of the lived realities of migrant women who sell sex in South Africa

Walker, Rebecca; Galvin, Treasa

doi:10.1080/23802014.2018.1477526

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“…Th e media and the academy have largely framed refugees as victims of confl ict in need of protection (Chouliaraki 2012;Mogire 2011;van Dijk 2009: 15). In SA for instance, refugees are perceived as victims who depend on the support of government and humanitarian agencies (Walker and Galvin 2018), a depiction that generates empathy for foreigners facing diffi cult circumstances. While this framing is probably appropriate in most cases such as wars, discrimination, and forced social or cultural behaviors, "the reality of refugee lives confound common perceptions of them as passive, compliant victims of violence" (Sommers 2001: 525).…”

Section: Forced Displacement and Religionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“It’s a Big Umbrella”

Chimbidzikai

2021

Migration and Society

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This article questions the dominant narrative that considers displaced persons as victims, powerless, and lacking agency to shape their individual and collective conditions. Based on an ethnographic study of largely Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders living in Johannesburg, the article argues that Pentecostalism offers an alternate worldview that draws on religious beliefs and practices to express triumph over everyday adversities and vicissitudes of forced mobility. The article concludes that such beliefs and practices embolden and espouse individual and collective agency among “born-again” migrants, as they mobilize religious social networks for individuals to make sense of the uncertainties engendered by displacement.

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Section: Forced Displacement and Religionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“It’s a Big Umbrella”

Chimbidzikai

2021

Migration and Society

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“…As a result, while the opportunities to access employment may have been present, the women were at risk of being exploited, highlighting the number of vulnerabilities associated with gender and migration (e.g. Mbiyozo, 2018;Walker & Galvin, 2018).…”

Section: Opportunities (Capabilities)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration at Work

Seiger¹,

Timmerman²,

Salazar³

et al. 2020

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CeMIS Migration and Intercultural Studies 5 The Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) was founded in 2005 at the University of Antwerp, on the initiative of a group of researchers who were working together within the framework of the Antwerp Centre for Migrant Studies. The Centre conducts research and provides education and other academic services relating to migration, integration and intercultural themes in various social fields, including the labour market, welfare, family, education, health and law. Collaborating with civil society, policymakers and other academic partners, the research centre addresses the challenges arising from migration and intercultural life in today's society. CeMIS seeks to provide an open and pluralistic research platform that fosters collaboration between society and academia.

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The Narratives of Shia Madurese Displaced Women on Their Religious Identity and Gender Citizenship: A Study of Women and Shi’as in Indonesia

Ida

Saud

2020

J Relig Health

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This article explores expressions in how the local Shi'as Muslim women refugees define and interpret their religious identity and gender citizenship in post-authoritarian Indonesia. This article discusses the cases of Shias women from the Sampang Regency, East Java, Indonesia, in the aftermath of the 2012 conflict that made them internally displaced persons (IDPs, Indonesian: pengungsi). This study argues that religious identity and gender citizenship are constructed by these displaced Shias women concerning their belief as to what is considered 'true' in Islam, acquired from the 'Islamic traditions' of their local Islamic teacher (s). Their loyalty to a religious belief does not arise from any independent search for the 'true Islam' but rather from the doctrine of the teachers/spiritual leaders. Enforced loyalty to Shi'as in their everyday communal ritual practices has influenced the formation of these displaced women's religious identity as Shi'ias.

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Labels, victims, and insecurity: an exploration of the lived realities of migrant women who sell sex in South Africa

Cited by 26 publications

References 25 publications

“It’s a Big Umbrella”

“It’s a Big Umbrella”

Migration at Work

The Narratives of Shia Madurese Displaced Women on Their Religious Identity and Gender Citizenship: A Study of Women and Shi’as in Indonesia

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