Resettlement Issues Among Myanmar Refugee Women in the Early Stage of a Community-Based Developmental Research Project

Noyori-Corbett, Chie; Moxley, David P.

doi:10.1080/10705422.2017.1354240

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“…The representation of image and its interpretation are fundamental to all of these important arts-based applications. Additionally, what those applications share in common resides in how the arts can stimulate imagination, foster creativity, and capture intent (Noyori-Corbett & Moxley, 2017). For the Myanmar citizen designers, those qualities served them well in taking the first important step in fostering the design of a community center they undertook largely on their own initiative.…”

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Using the Visual Arts to Form an Intervention Design Concept for Resettlement Support Among Refugee Women

Corbett

Moxley

2018

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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This article offers findings from workshops researchers undertook with 60 Myanmar refugee women who convened in small groups of 10 to envision the properties and functioning of a resettlement community center in Dallas, Texas. The intent of the center is the preservation of Myanmar culture while it enables members to accommodate the demands of social integration in American society. In each workshop, a Myanmar artist captured group discussion through storyboarding. The artist then visually portrayed in painting or pencil a principal metaphor informing the resettlement supports participants wanted for themselves and their families. The authors consider the applicability of the arts as a tool for visually representing intervention concepts. Those visual images can inform the design of a support system that participants would find culturally acceptable, practical, and inclusive of the multiple ethnicities that form the Myanmar refugee community.

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“…For Myanmar women refugees, coming to the United States is fraught with stress and too often marked by trauma. Many journey across considerable distance in Myanmar (also referred to as Burma), risking their own lives as well as those of family members, children, and elder parents (Noyori-Corbett & Moxley, 2017).…”

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Using the Visual Arts to Form an Intervention Design Concept for Resettlement Support Among Refugee Women

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Moxley

2018

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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“…Further, people from Burma despite their single country of origin, have diverse ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, which can impact the entire spectrum of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Hence, our decision to focus on people from Burma (McGinnis, 2012;Noyori-Corbett and Moxley, 2017). As, a mark of respect for thousands of migrants who left their homeland and still remember it as Burma, our participants reported that patients preferred to use "Burma" when talking about their homeland.…”

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Interpreting in Sexual and Reproductive Health Consults With Burma Born Refugees Post Settlement: Insights From an Australian Qualitative Study

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Interpreters work with health care professionals to overcome language challenges during sexual and reproductive (SRH) health discussions with people from refugee backgrounds. Disclosures of traumatic refugee journeys and sexual assault combined with refugees’ unfamiliarity with Western health concepts and service provision can increase the interpreting challenges. Published literature provides general guidance on working with interpreters in primary care but few studies focus on interpretation in refugee SRH consults. To address this, we explored the challenges faced by providers of refugee services (PRS) during interpreter mediated SRH consultations with Burma born refugees post settlement in Australia. We used qualitative methodology and interviewed 29 PRS involved with migrants from Burma including general practitioners, nurses, interpreters, bilingual social workers, and administrative staff. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and subjected to thematic analysis following independent coding by the members of the research team. Key themes were formulated after a consensus discussion. The theme of “interpretation related issues” was identified with six sub-themes including 1) privacy and confidentiality 2) influence of interpreter’s identity 3) gender matching of the interpreter 4) family member vs. professional interpreters 5) telephone vs. face-to-face interpreting 6) setting up the consultation room. When faced with these interpretation related challenges in providing SRH services to people from refugee backgrounds, health care providers combine best practice advice, experience-based knowledge and “mundane creativity” to adapt to the needs of the specific patients. The complexity of interpreted SRH consultations in refugee settings needs to be appreciated in making good judgments when choosing the best way to optimize communication. This paper identifies the critical elements which could be incorporated when making such a judgement. Future research should include the experiences of refugee patients to provide a more comprehensive perspective.

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“…A plethora of literature positions women refugees as a demographic group that is vulnerable often because of their difficult life trajectories (Abkherz & McMahon, 2017;Magqibelo et al, 2016;Noyori-Corbett & Moxley, 2017), an experience also noted in South Africa (Legal Resource Centre, 2015;United Nations High Commission of Refugees, 2016). The vocational obstacles and experiences among female refugees are not well-known as most refugee studies have presented women as dependants of men rather than economic providers (Kofman, 2012).…”

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“…Often, career trajectories of women migrants receive less scholarly attention than migrant men (Kofman, 2012;Rydzik, Pritchard, Morgan, & Sedgley, 2017) and despite the international observation that half of all migrants are women, the migration literature often frames the experience to be one that is gender neutral (De Leon Siantz, 2013;Kibiribiri, Moodley, Groves, & Sebitloane, 2016;Noyori-Corbett & Moxley, 2017). The researchers acknowledge that there has been a growing body of literature exploring careers of female self-initiated expatriates (Rydzik et al, 2017;Vagenshtein & Yemini, 2016); however, less attention has been given to the plight of women refugees (Noyori-Corbett & Moxley, 2017; United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 2015). The distinguishing factor is that one group initiates movement (e.g.…”

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The career development processes of women refugees in South Africa: An exploratory study

Nyabvudzi

Chinyamurindi

2019

SA j. ind. psychol.

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Orientation: There is an observed global movement of labour (freely and forcibly). South Africa emerges as a popular receiving ground for refugees. Within the career psychology literature, scant attention is given to understanding the career development concerns, post-settlement, of women refugees in the host country.Research purpose: The study explored the career development processes of women refugees, post-settlement, in South Africa as a host country.Motivation for the study: Calls have been made within local and international literature for studies that give attention to understanding the career development processes of minority groups.Research approach/design and method: Using a narrative inquiry approach, this study explored the career development processes of women refugees using a sample of 20 women refugees in South Africa. Relying on a snowball sampling procedure to recruit the participants, in-depth interviews were utilised as a data collection technique.Main findings: Drawing on participants’ narratives, the findings illustrate how women refugees have been more concerned with fulfilling a short-term desire for survival and acquiring basic commodities at the expense of a longer focus of advancement and career progression. This is mainly compounded by the structural constraints that limit both their career development and their lived experiences. Issues exclusive to the women refugees are also revealed. Overall, the results illustrate how all the aforementioned factors intersect as barriers that hinder women refugees in developing their careers.Practical/managerial implications: The study provides information and strategies that policymakers in South Africa and other developing nations that are hosting refugees can use to facilitate the career development processes of women refugees.Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the growing body of knowledge focussing on career development of women refuges, a populace that previously received limited focus both locally and internationally.

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Resettlement Issues Among Myanmar Refugee Women in the Early Stage of a Community-Based Developmental Research Project

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Using the Visual Arts to Form an Intervention Design Concept for Resettlement Support Among Refugee Women

Using the Visual Arts to Form an Intervention Design Concept for Resettlement Support Among Refugee Women

Interpreting in Sexual and Reproductive Health Consults With Burma Born Refugees Post Settlement: Insights From an Australian Qualitative Study

The career development processes of women refugees in South Africa: An exploratory study

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