Vulnerability, resilience and resistance in diverse societies

Abstract


 
 
 
 The editorial presents the fifteenth ETMU Conference, held at Åbo Akademi University in Turku on 15–16 November 2018, dedicated to the theme "Vulnerabil­ity, Resilience and Resistance in Diverse Societies’. The first two articles of the current issue are based on papers presented at the conference.
 
 
 

Migrants in Swedish sexual and reproductive health and rights related policies: a critical discourse analysis

“…Overall, policy documents examined in the analysis have often used the terms "foreign-born" and "people with a foreign background" to refer to migrants and to a larger group, including people with two parents born outside of Sweden. These terms seem to replace the term "immigrant" or "invandrare" that was questioned since the 90 s, especially when referring to people born in Sweden to foreign-born parents, often called "second generation immigrants" or "immigrant children" [45,46]. In the documents analyzed, the term "immigrant" was only found in the policy documents published in the early-and mid-2000s.…”

“…The concept of vulnerability has been exhaustively discussed in the literature as it carries different and often contradicting connotations and meanings. For instance, Leinonen & Pirjatanniemi [46] argue that within the contemporary human rights discourse, the concept of vulnerability is employed to "refer to individuals and groups whose rights are perceived to be at a particular risk, such as refugees, undocumented migrants, or migrant children". This conceptualization of vulnerability is highlighted in the Swedish discourses on migrant's SRHR, where the rights of migrants or some groups of migrants, such as migrant women or unaccompanied minors, are viewed to be at a particular risk.…”