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Gendered Family Violence among Migrants Seeking International Protection: A Life Course Perspective
Social Forces ( IF 5.866 ) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 , DOI: 10.1093/sf/soad111
Abigail Weitzman 1 , Jeffrey Swindle 2 , Gilbert Brenes-Camacho 3
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Although family and migration scholars recognize that intimate partner violence (IPV) can motivate women’s movement between countries, little research considers IPV or other gendered family violence further back in women migrants’ life histories or explores the legacy of gendered family violence in cases where such violence is not the primary push factor. Here, we analyze in-depth interviews conducted among thirty-four Latin American women seeking asylum or international protection from a diversity of threats to comprehensively understand their experiences with childhood and adult family violence prior to migration. Our analysis reveals three key takeaways. First, IPV, incest, abandonment, and other forms of gendered family violence can characterize women’s family dynamics across the life course even when these experiences do not directly prompt migration. Second, amidst pervasive patriarchal norms, family violence has the power to destabilize women’s social circumstances and fracture their ties to family members in ways that indirectly encourage migration. Third, owing to these same gender norms, even when gendered family violence directly prompts migration, women may conceptualize their primary motive as protecting their children rather than themselves. These findings move beyond common conceptualizations of the family violence–migration nexus and highlight the breadth and implications of gendered family violence among migrants seeking protection from a broad spectrum of intra- and extra-familial threats.

中文翻译:

寻求国际保护的移民中的性别家庭暴力:生命历程的视角

尽管家庭和移民学者认识到亲密伴侣暴力(IPV)可以激励妇女在国家之间流动,但很少有研究考虑 IPV 或其他性别家庭暴力更早地出现在女性移民的生活史中,或者探讨性别家庭暴力在此类暴力发生的情况下的遗留问题。不是主要推动因素。在这里,我们分析了对 34 名寻求庇护或国际保护免受各种威胁的拉丁美洲妇女进行的深入访谈,以全面了解她们在移徙前遭受童年和成年家庭暴力的经历。我们的分析揭示了三个关键要点。一、IPV、乱伦、遗弃、以及其他形式的性别家庭暴力可以表征妇女整个生命历程中的家庭动态,即使这些经历并不直接促使移民。其次,在普遍存在的父权制规范中,家庭暴力有可能破坏妇女的社会环境并破坏她们与家庭成员的联系,从而间接鼓励移民。第三,由于这些相同的性别规范,即使性别家庭暴力直接导致移民,妇女也可能将其主要动机视为保护孩子而不是自己。这些发现超越了家庭暴力与移民关系的常见概念,并强调了寻求保护免受广泛的家庭内部和外部威胁的移民中性别家庭暴力的广度和影响。在普遍存在的重男轻女规范中,家庭暴力有可能破坏妇女的社会环境并破坏她们与家庭成员的联系,从而间接鼓励移徙。第三,由于这些相同的性别规范,即使性别家庭暴力直接导致移民,妇女也可能将其主要动机视为保护孩子而不是自己。这些发现超越了家庭暴力与移民关系的常见概念,并强调了寻求保护免受广泛的家庭内部和外部威胁的移民中性别家庭暴力的广度和影响。在普遍存在的重男轻女规范中,家庭暴力有可能破坏妇女的社会环境并破坏她们与家庭成员的联系,从而间接鼓励移徙。第三,由于这些相同的性别规范,即使性别家庭暴力直接导致移民,妇女也可能将其主要动机视为保护孩子而不是自己。这些发现超越了家庭暴力与移民关系的常见概念,并强调了寻求保护免受广泛的家庭内部和外部威胁的移民中性别家庭暴力的广度和影响。由于这些相同的性别规范,即使性别家庭暴力直接导致移徙,妇女也可能将其主要动机视为保护子女而不是保护自己。这些发现超越了家庭暴力与移民关系的常见概念,并强调了寻求保护免受广泛的家庭内部和外部威胁的移民中性别家庭暴力的广度和影响。由于这些相同的性别规范,即使性别家庭暴力直接导致移徙,妇女也可能将其主要动机视为保护子女而不是保护自己。这些发现超越了家庭暴力与移民关系的常见概念,并强调了寻求保护免受广泛的家庭内部和外部威胁的移民中性别家庭暴力的广度和影响。
更新日期:2023-08-30
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