Dissertations / Theses: 'Refugee Woman'

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Bassel, Leah. "From refugee woman to citizen : the politics of integration in France and Canada." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442735.

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Sharif, Taybe Hassan Al Khalifa. "Resistance and remembrance history-telling of the Iraqi Shiʻite Arab refugee woman and their families in The Netherlands /." [S.l. : Amsterdam : s.n.] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2003. http://dare.uva.nl/document/70326.

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Zozzoli, Cécile Diniz. "A vivência do refúgio de mulheres migrantes: uma análise da afetividade nos contextos de São Paulo e Paris." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2015. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/17116.

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In the light of the Socio-Historical Psychology and its articulation with the Espinosa philosophy, the various sociological studies about social ties and ruptures and about gender, migration and refuge, this work is intended to investigate the processuality of the senses, affections and relations of the life in the refuge of migrant women in their process of social exclusion/inclusion. It is assumed that the affectivity centered analysis brings elements to elucidate at which point the different analyzed situations are oriented towards the development or the decrease of the power of action, probably, in an alternate movement between these two poles. Therefore, it is sought to know the history of the refuge process; to investigate the senses that women have of themselves and the senses present in the relations with the place of origin, with the hosting place and their public services, as well as with other people in diverse situations of everyday life; to analyze how such migration affects the family relations and which role the family plays in this process; to understand the configurations of prejudice and discrimination that, possibly, are directed to refugee women; to analyze the perspectives that these women has of the future and their life projects; to study how the gender issues relate to the senses and affections evolved in the refuge process. To meet these objectives, the research follows the field observation methodological principles, that was carried by semi-structured interviews in the cities of São Paulo and Paris. The selected group of subjects is formed by 20 women that migrated in search for refuge, from which 9 were located in Brazil and 11 in France. With the purpose of organizing the analysis material, there are established 4 main categories concerning relational affiliations of the migrants: family, job, citizenship and elective relationships. Overall, the reflections enable to observe an accumulation of transformations and ruptures of the relations and social ties belonging to the women's living that affected them on contradictory and opposite thoughts and feelings in the process of exclusion from their country of origin and perverse inclusion on the foreign countries. In this sense, the fluctuation of the power of action and the affections that characterized the living of the refugees indicates a frame of political ethical suffering, but also of resistance and of desire for freedom
À luz da Psicologia Sócio-Histórica, e de sua articulação com a filosofia de Espinosa, e dos diversos estudos interdisciplinares sobre vínculos e rupturas sociais, sobre gênero, migração e refúgio, este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar a processualidade dos sentidos, afetos e relações da vivência no refúgio de mulheres migrantes em seu processo de exclusão/inclusão social. Pressupõe-se que a análise centrada na afetividade traz elementos para esclarecer até que ponto as diferentes situações analisadas se orientam em direção ao desenvolvimento ou diminuição da potência de ação, provavelmente, num movimento de alternância entre esses dois polos. Para tanto, busca-se conhecer a história do processo de refúgio; investigar os sentidos que as mulheres têm delas mesmas e os sentidos presentes nas relações com o lugar de origem, com o lugar de acolhida e seus serviços públicos, bem como com as outras pessoas em diversas situações da vida cotidiana; analisar como tal migração afeta as relações familiares e qual o papel que a família ocupa nesse processo; compreender as configurações do preconceito e da discriminação que, possivelmente, são direcionados às mulheres refugiadas; analisar as perspectivas que essas mulheres têm de futuro e seus projetos de vida; e estudar como as questões de gênero relacionam-se com os seus sentidos e afetos envolvidos no processo de refúgio. Para atender a esses objetivos, a pesquisa segue os princípios metodológicos da observação de campo, que foi acompanhada por entrevistas semi-estruturadas nas cidades de São Paulo e de Paris. O grupo de sujeitos selecionados é formado por 20 mulheres que migraram em busca de refúgio, das quais 9 foram localizadas no Brasil e 11 na França. Com o objetivo de organizar o material da análise, são estabelecidas 4 categorias principais referentes aos pertencimentos relacionais das migrantes: família, trabalho, cidadania e relações eletivas. De modo geral, as reflexões permitem observar um acúmulo de transformações e rupturas das relações e dos vínculos sociais pertencentes à vivência dessas mulheres que as afetavam de ideias e sentimentos contraditórios e opostos no processo de exclusão de seus países de origem e de inclusão perversa nos países estrangeiros. Nesse sentido, a flutuação da potência de ação e dos afetos que caracterizou a vivência das refugiadas indica um quadro de sofrimento ético-político, mas também de resistência e de desejo de liberdade

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Istanbouli, Yasmin. "Depoliticizing The Identities of Refugee Women." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1264.

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"My name is..." // "...اسمي" is a photo series that aims to depoliticize the highly politicized identity of the Arab, female refugee. Due to the growing number of refugees being forced out of their homes and displaced all around the globe, their collective existence has turned into a number. The world only sees one image when they think of an Arab refugee; the suffering, hopeless body of an Arab, struggling to cross borders. The world is not exposed to the real experiences of these individuals, and their stories remain untold. With this project, I aim to share these stories. Female refugees have unique experiences as women, and as mothers. They hold specific responsibilities within the displaced family and community as a whole. Each of them carry different narratives, different hopes and dreams. Combining their stories alongside the photos will help humanize them and show a side to them that the mainstream media fails to show, a side that doesn’t drastically differ from the experiences of people all over the world, no matter where they are from.

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Pacheco, Leslie. "Exploring the Education Experiences of Sudanese Refugee Women Living in the United States." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1300724894.

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Lambert, Karen Hunt. "Burmese Muslim Refugee Women: Stories of Civil War, Refugee Camps And New Americans." DigitalCommons@USU, 2011. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1008.

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This thesis includes the narratives of three Burmese Muslim refugee mothers who made their homes in Logan, Utah, within three years of locating in the United States. Each woman’s life is written about in a different style of writing – journalism, ethnography and creative nonfiction –and is then followed by analysis looking at each piece in terms of representation

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Belfry, Melissa Wynne. "Muslim refugee women speak out, a critique of the Canadian guidelines on refugee women facing gender-related persecution." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ32655.pdf.

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Baird, Martha Brownfield. "Resettlement Transition Experiences Among Sudanese Refugee Women." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193687.

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The prolonged civil-war and famine in the African nation of Sudan has displaced millions over the last two decades, many of these are women and children. Refugee women who are resettled to the US with their children must make profound adjustments to learn how to live in the American society and culture. Very little is understood about the factors and conditions that affect the health of immigrant and refugee populations who resettle to a host country.This ethnographic study investigates the influences to health and well-being in 10 refugee women from the Dinka tribe of southern Sudan who were resettled with their children to a Midwestern city in the United States (US). The in-depth interviews and participant observation that occurred over the one-year period of the study resulted in an interpretive theory of Well-Being in Refugee Women Experiencing Cultural Transition. Well-being in Dinka mothers is understood through the relationships between three major themes: Liminality: Living Between Two Cultures, Standing for Myself, and Hope for the Future. Liminality: Living Between Two Cultures describes how the women struggled to maintain a delicate balance between their traditional Dinka culture and the new American culture. The theme of Standing for Myself addresses how learning new skills and taking on new roles in the US, led to transformation of the refugee women. The third theme of Hope for the Future emphasizes the Dinka cultural values of communality and religious convictions that gave the women hope for a better future for their families and countrymen.The middle-range theory of transitions was used as a theoretical framework to guide the investigation of well-being of the refugee women and their families during resettlement. The study extends of the theory of transitions to refugee women from southern Sudan by developing a theoretical explanation for how refugee Dinka women attain well-being during transition. The results of this study strongly indicate that `cultural transition' be added as a distinct type of transition significant to understand the health needs of refugee women. The knowledge from this study will lead to the development of culturally competent interventions for resettled refugee families.

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Hinkson, Heather A. (Heather Antonia). "Canadian refugee policy : international developments and debates on the role of gender in refugee determination procedures." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23843.

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Through the evolution of international human rights law and policy, gender has become a prohibited ground for persecution. However the international definition of a refugee contained in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees does not explicitly include gender as an enumerated ground on which persecution can be feared. This omission has required women who fear gender-based persecution to use the Convention's "membership in a particular social group" provision. Traditionally, judicial interpretation of criteria establishing a "particular social group" was not consistent in cases alleging gender-based persecution. In 1993, Canada developed guidelines that attempt to establish a coherent and consistent application of the "particular social group" category. This represents a state policy initiative to recognize the international evolution of policy on gender as a basis for persecution. Although the guidelines challenge theories of state sovereignty in the design and execution of domestic policy, they demonstrate that a coherent and consistent framework for granting asylum status to women who fear gender-based persecution can be developed in such policy.

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Workneh, Aklile Fikre. "The State of Knowledge on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and Anxiety Among Refugee Women in Africa: A Scoping Review." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35801.

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With over 65.3 million people of concern under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees mandate, the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. The World Health Organization states that war and disasters have a large impact on a person’s mental health and psychosocial wellbeing, estimating that 5-10% of people who have experienced emergency situations suffer from mental health related problems. For refugee women in particular, research suggests that they have higher instances of mental health problems than other refugees which include depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anxiety. Using a scoping review methodology, this thesis examines the prevalence of refugee women’s mental health problems in the African context. It examines the experiences of these women living in African camps and the availability and accessibility of mental health services during their residency. Upon completion of the scoping review, the literature reveals that there is a high occurrence of mental health problems among refugee women residing in African camps. Furthermore, with relation to services it was found that varied mental health services are present but lack qualified personnel. Lastly, four themes emerged regarding refugee women’s experiences: violence, family life and losses, poor quality of life, and coping mechanisms.

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Hrycak, Nina R. "Central American refugee women, a help seeking model." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0017/NQ54788.pdf.

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Bowen, Sarah J. "Resilience and health Salvadoran refugee women in Manitoba." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0013/MQ41681.pdf.

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Macdougall, Nicolette. "Getting to know you : the journey from African refugee to African-Australian : insights into the life and times of African refugee women settling in Perth /." Macdougall, Nicolette (2008) Getting to know you: the journey from refugee to African-Australian. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2008. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/697/.

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In this thesis I adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to explore the experiences of African humanitarian migrants in Australia. I argue that effective integration and positive settlement outcomes for this group would be enhanced by a clearer understanding of their originating circumstances and culture(s). I employ a combination of ethnography, autoethnography and narrative styles to articulate different aspects of the lived experience of flight and settlement of twelve individual African refugee women. These stories were collected through semi- and unstructured personal interviews over a period of two years. They emerge out of my evolving relationships with the participants, and highlight the importance of friendship and active listening in promoting positive cross-cultural interaction. The narrative accounts are supplemented and augmented by documentary chapters that examine the broader socio-political aspects of culture, war and refugees in Africa. The fine detail of the individual experiences of flight, settlement and relationships converge with these contextual accounts to open a window on the social world of humanitarian migrants. Together, they provide a layered and multi-faceted account of the life and times of African refugees and the challenges that they face in Australia in the 21st Century.

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Arbayza, Obeso Andrea Sofía. "Refugio para mujeres y niños víctimas de violencia familiar en el distrito de San Juan de Lurigancho." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/652495.

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El proyecto consiste en un Refugio para mujeres y niños víctimas de violencia familiar en el distrito de San Juan de Lurigancho, el cual responde a las elevadas tasas de violencia contra la mujer que hoy en día existen. El tipo de violencia ejercida en el hogar no solo afecta de forma directa a las mujeres-esposas-madres, sino también a los niños que viven con el agresor. Si bien el Ministerio de la Mujer y Poblaciones Vulnerables ha implementado diversos centros para tratar la violencia, no existe un buen diseño en lo que ellos plantean como Hogar de Refugio Temporal (HRT), el cual es un centro que acoge a mujeres y niños que no cuentan con recursos ni familia para huir de la violencia. Estos HRT se encuentran invisibilizados y su infraestructura pone en peligro la vida de los usuarios. Es por ello que planteo un cambio de perspectiva en relación a la que hoy en día se observa y proponer un refugio bajo las necesidades de los usuarios, donde la protección sea la característica principal.
The project consists of a Shelter for women and children victims of domestic violence in San Juan de Lurigancho district, which responds to the high rates of violence against women that exist today. The type of violence exerted at home not only affects women-wives-mothers, but also children who live with the aggressor. Although the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations has implemented various centers to deal with violence, there is no good design in what they propose as the Temporary Refuge Home (HRT), which is a center that welcomes women and children who do not have economic resources or a family to flee from violence. These HRTs are invisible and their infrastructure endangers the lives of the users. That is why I propose a change of perspective in relation to what is observed today and propose a refuge under the needs of the users, where protection is the main feature.
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Bright, Nancee Oku. "Mothers of steel : the women of Um Gargur, an Eritrean refugee settlement in Sudan." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:92d26c17-84ee-4bb3-b8a6-0bdd03e8c817.

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This is an ethnographic study of the lives and experiences of Eritrean refugee women in Um Gargur, a settlement in eastern Sudan established in 1976. It is based upon fourteen months of fieldwork and builds upon the findings of my 1985 M.Phil, thesis, "A Preliminary Study of the Position of Eritrean Refugees in the Sudan", for which I conducted two months of research in Urn Gargur. While the M.Phil, thesis was a comparative study of Um Gargur and two other cases of resettlement in Africa, here I am concerned primarily with questions of gender, everyday life, and how processes of change and realignments of power impact upon women in displaced heterogeneous societies. After more than a decade in exile the people of Um Gargur continue to be fiercely nationalistic and as unresigned to remaining refugees as they are to assimilating into Sudan. There is also a growing trend towards Islamic conservatism in the settlement. This, coupled with the fact that Um Gargur is composed largely of mistrusted "strangers", means that women experience more restrictions in Um Gargur than they did in their communities of origin. The aim of the thesis is to examine the effect of displacement and exile upon gender roles, social infrastructures, traditions and perceptions, as people of disparate origins, occasionally with conflicting beliefs and mores, negotiate a way of living together. The title "Mothers of Steel" is taken from a riot instigated by women when charges were introduced for water. As the women revolted, their children shouted "Our mothers are steel, our fathers are monkeys!" This represented the main crisis point between men and women. Yet although the title derives from this incident, women, as they feed, nurture, socialise their children and keep their families intact, have clearly become "mothers of steel" in the eyes of their children since they have lived in Um Gargur. Chapter One introduces an overview of the settlement and shows that women's deliberate exclusion from all formal institutions leaves them at a disadvantage despite the fact that over 50% of them are household heads for much of the year. The following chapters examine how categories as diverse as politics, honour, health, and economics, impinge on the lives of the refugee women and their families, and argue that in contexts of displacement, where social realities are constantly being redefined, these categories all have a moral dimension. In Chapters Three and Four I show how limited employment opportunities in Um Gargur have meant that the majority of men continuously resident in the settlement have lost their roles as providers while women's roles have taken on a new symbolic significance. The society attempts to compensate for men's loss of status by placing greater restrictions upon women. Women's reactions to this are varied, but significant numbers of them have redrawn the parameters of "honourable" behaviour to allow themselves more flexibility. Women establish ties, not unlike kinship bonds, which traverse ethnic and religious boundaries and offer limited economic power and physical and psychological support. In Chapter Five I explore the tensions between traditional beliefs and practices and "Western" models of health care. While society's notion of what constitutes honour has calcified in reaction to a situation of extreme social dislocation and jeopardisation of "male" and "female" behaviour patterns, I show in Chapter Six that the women of Um Gargur have recognised their common plight and responded by renegotiating their identity, whilst at the same time being the primary agents - through myths, songs, names, and stories about Eritrea - in the construction of their children's identities as Eritreans. In the Conclusion (Chapter Seven) I introduce the story of the aforementioned water riot to illustrate how radically women's perceptions of their own power have altered, and how their children now perceive them. I suggest that though the process of change has been slow, the pressures faced by the community have meant that women's reconceptualisation of their own roles has been inevitable.

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Baines, Erin K. "The elusiveness of gender-related change in international organizations, refugee women, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the political economy of gender." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ60663.pdf.

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Macdougall, Nicolette. "Getting to know you: the journey from refugee to African-Australian." Thesis, Macdougall, Nicolette (2008) Getting to know you: the journey from refugee to African-Australian. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2008. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/697/.

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In this thesis I adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to explore the experiences of African humanitarian migrants in Australia. I argue that effective integration and positive settlement outcomes for this group would be enhanced by a clearer understanding of their originating circumstances and culture(s). I employ a combination of ethnography, autoethnography and narrative styles to articulate different aspects of the lived experience of flight and settlement of twelve individual African refugee women. These stories were collected through semi- and unstructured personal interviews over a period of two years. They emerge out of my evolving relationships with the participants, and highlight the importance of friendship and active listening in promoting positive cross-cultural interaction. The narrative accounts are supplemented and augmented by documentary chapters that examine the broader socio-political aspects of culture, war and refugees in Africa. The fine detail of the individual experiences of flight, settlement and relationships converge with these contextual accounts to open a window on the social world of humanitarian migrants. Together, they provide a layered and multi-faceted account of the life and times of African refugees and the challenges that they face in Australia in the 21st Century.

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Larsson, Johannes. "Access to Justice for Young Refugee Women in Nakivale Refugee Settlement : A Human Rights-Based Approach." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-91005.

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This thesis investigates young refugee women’s experience of the process of seeking access to justice for cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda. A Human Rights-based Approach (HRBA) is chosen as an analytical framework to help conceptualise access to justice and to recognise Uganda’s commitment to refugees. A qualitative explanatory approach follows the narrative of Burundian and Congolese women. Findings show that Nakivale refugee settlement has an overwhelming demand for legal services and support. Refugee women can raise a claim for justice through the established administrative structures in place within the settlement. All refugee women were aware of their entitlements to a remedy and on the process of reporting SGBV. Yet, the analysis shows that none of the SGBV-survivors of rape or sexual exploitation was able to have access to justice. Several barriers were brought forward, such as corruption among refugee welfare committees; limited staff and resources among partner organisations; a bureaucratic referral system; poor police investigations and an inability to persecute perpetrators. The consequences without effective and timely remedies led the interviewed women into further poverty and a continuation of violence and abuse. This thesis concludes that Refugee Welfare Committees have to be attributed to some sort of compensation as validation for their work as justice providers to mitigate corruption among their leaders. Further research is encouraged to look into possibilities of extending the mandate and training for Refugee Welfare Committees, for refugee-based structures to be able to handle cases of SGBV.

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Buckley, Amma. "Persecution complex : women, gender and refugee determination in Australia /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16981.pdf.

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Middlestead, Andrea Jean. "Cultural Awareness and Provider Based Care for Refugee Women." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27048.

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This disquisitional aimed to improve the cultural education of nurse practitioner's (NP's) related to female refugee populations. The ultimate goal was to improve health care outcomes and decrease disparities for refugee women by focusing on increasing cultural understanding, enhancing education, and providing a framework which NP's can utilize in daily practice. An online educational module was created and offered on the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Continuing Education website. Traditional cultural health care practices for the top 10 refugee populations in the United States in 2011 were compiled, compared with current cultural competence and awareness of primary care providers and formulated into an educational module. A 1.25 hour long PowerPoint accompanied by audio, pretest, posttest, and evaluation were created for members of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Participants were able to receive 1.25 continuing education units upon completion of the entire module and evaluation. Purposes from the educational module evaluation questions included: (a) perceived educational preparation during graduate education and at the postgraduate level, and (b) the perceived effectiveness of the educational method. Both purposes were supported through NP evaluation responses (n=85). There was a lack of graduate education on cultural awareness and implementation into practice found in literature. The evaluation results from this project conflicted with the literature by demonstrating 90% of participants felt adequately prepared during graduate education. The majority (94%) of respondents specified that the module "completely" or "quite a bit" promoted learning for each participant free of commercial bias. Educational modules using PowerPoint with audio appeared to be an acceptable educational strategy for NPs regarding cultural awareness based on survey evaluation data. As the culture of the patient population within the United States continues to evolve and change, it is of vital importance that NPs stay up to date on current practice and treatment changes that are culturally appropriate and sensitive. An educational framework to maintain cultural awareness, enhance understanding, and increase communication becomes a forefront issue. In order to assist with the coordination of care in the hopes to diminish health care related disparities, continued research is needed in the delivery of educational modules.

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Alnaeemi, Mona Abdullah. "Experiences of Kurdish/Middle Eastern Refugee Women Seeking Employment." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4994.

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Refugee resettlement agencies provide services to help new refugees develop skills that will allow them to achieve self-sufficiency. Prior research has indicated that leveraging skills and talents is not an easy process for refugee women, who face barriers and difficulties in the transition to a new culture. Researchers have found that financial stability, English comprehension skills, and ability to adopt a new work system are important factors that affect this process. The experiences of Kurdish refugee women with finding employment in the United States have not been explored in past research. Using empowerment theory, this qualitative case study describes the experiences of Kurdish/Middle Eastern refugee women with employment in the Southwestern United States. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with 8 Kurdish refugee women who lived in Southwest, used resettlement services; and were employed at the time of the study. Participants were voluntarily recruited with the help of 2 resettlement agencies in North Texas. An inductive analysis method was used to analyze the interview data. Employment services are available to all refugee women as part of the services provided by resettlement agencies; however, only those who are ready to enter the workforce can benefit from these services. Participants described their experience of being refugee women seeking employment as difficult and scary. However, participants also expressed that this experience had allowed them to become women with voices, rights, options, and opportunities. The outcomes of this study support the development of culturally relevant programs to serve and empower refugee women to receive quality employment services and bring attention to employment services for refugee women.

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Albertson, W. Cory. "Survival feminists identifying war's impact on the roles of Vietnamese refugee women /." unrestricted, 2009. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07102009-150021/.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2009.
Title from file title page. Jung Ha Kim, committee chair ; Donald C. Reitzes, Denise A. Donnelly, committee members. Description based on contents viewed November 3, 2009. Includes bibliographical references ( p. 80-83).

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Kreitzer, Linda. "The experiences of refugee women in the planning and implementation of programmes at Buduburam refugee camp, Ghana." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0025/MQ35033.pdf.

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Davis, Rulester L. "A comparative analysis of the resettlement of refugee women in the Metropolitan Atlanta area: a study of Vietnamese, Somalian and Bosnian refugee women." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2006. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3206.

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The objective of this study was to determine whether programs in DeKalb County, Georgia, provided services that were relevant for successful resettlement of refugee women. Moreover, the principal goal of this study was to learn about the views of the women as to the barriers they faced and what factors were helping them achieve self-sufficiency. A comparative analysis was conducted on three of the largest refugee ethnic groups in DeKalb County: Vietnamese, Somalis and Bosnians. Using the theory of adaptation, the researcher investigated resettlement agencies and their role in assisting the refugee women in resettlement. The study examined the relationship among the services provided, the nutritional health status of refugee women served and the ability of the women to become functionally self-sufficient. The conclusion drawn from the data collected consisting of structured questionnaires suggested that there was a need for more services especially designed for refugee women.

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Briggins, Donna L. "The Impact of a leadership training program for refugee women." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2010. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/197.

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The study documents a formal program evaluation and examination of the Refugee Women’s Network (RWN) program’s impact on acquired leadership skills by the participants who are currently involved in the program or have recently completed the entire curriculum. The elements of the Stufflebeam content-input-process-product (CIPP) evaluation model provided the structure for this study. The researcher used elements of the CIPP model to assess and report on the merit, worth, and significance of the leadership training component of the RWN agency. The researcher interviewed former students who had worked with the RWN during the program years of 2007 through 2009. Current program administrators, leadership, and instructors have also been interviewed, participated in a focus group, and completed a valid survey instrument. An examination of program documents and research literature also provides significant implications for future research, and program development for the RWN and hopefully other similar leadership training programs. Findings from interviews and surveys within the study added to the body of research that addresses leadership training achievement of refugee and immigrant women. Previous research revealed that refugee women who participate and complete community leadership training programs ultimately learn to exhibit a transformationa leadership style, which is the main hypothesis of this study. The research design is a cross-sectional survey and program evaluation. The following questions formed the foundation inquiry of the study. 1. What is the level of success of the implementation of the RWN leadership training component as indicated by stakeholders’ perceptions? 2. How did certain operational factors impact the input, process, and products within the leadership training component? 3. What areas of course content impacted the leadership training objectives as perceived by the stakeholder group? The self-assessment process revealed how participants became empowered by setting goals, becoming self-reliant, and able to influence others in their community.

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Bagula, Ndamuso Yvette. "Empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape through microfinance." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/8524.

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In many developing countries, culture and tradition have contributed to the disempowerment of women. In these countries, a women's time is divided between the reproductive role of creating a family, the productive role of feeding the family, and balancing all the demands. This has resulted in 1) higher unemployment rate for women than men in virtually every developing country as reported by the World Bank gender statistics database, and 2) women having low self-confidence and self-esteem. Furthermore, when living outside their country with little or almost nothing, refugee women live in camps, temporary shelters, collective centres or rent a house in a host country where they compete with the local populations for property as well as natural and social resources, while being excluded from some of the basic rights through restrictive regulations imposed by the host country. Building upon the widely known facts that women more likely reinvest their earnings in a business and their families and spend more of their extra income on things that help develop human capital, better sanitation, better nutrition and also better health care and education, this study addresses the application of microfinance with the objective of empowering Congolese refugee women in the Western Cape in South Africa. The theoretical contributions of this study are twofold. Firstly, an analysis of the situation of the Congolese refugee women is presented in terms of their predicaments and opportunities in SA, using a survey. Secondly, building upon the conclusions of this survey, a support and empowerment microfinance approach adapted to the Congolese refugee women community is derived. As practical contribution, this study proposes the development of a business model that will cater for Congolese women refugees and its implementation through the creation of a non-governmental organisation in the Western Cape.

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Owino, Jonix Atieno. "Integration of African Refugee Women into the Fargo-Moorhead Community." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2015. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27815.

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African refugee women (ARW) flee from their home countries due to civil unrest, war, fear of being persecuted, nationality, and membership of a particular social group or political opinion. They migrate to Western countries such as the United States in search of a safe haven. However, limited studies have been conducted to unveil how the women transition into the new societies. This thesis brings into perspective the background experiences and integration stories of the African Refugee Women in form of a testimonio realized through in-depth interview. The women?s narratives revealed challenges they encounter in integration, including English proficiency, lack of connection with the natives, transportation limitations, family dynamics, and cultural differences amongst ARW. The study presents avenues for realizing successful integration as articulated by the women and these include female only activities, changes in leadership, supporting already existing projects started by the ARW, and uniting activities in the community.

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Mccool, Jane A. "Life experiences of Cambodian-American refugee women : segmented life stories /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2003. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/dlnow/3115634.

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Zaaroura, Mayssam. "Forgotten Revolutionaries: Reflections on Political Emancipation for Palestinian Refugee Women in Lebanon." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23106.

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This research explores Palestinian refugee women’s political rights through a broader examination of the gender dynamics in one refugee camp in Lebanon. Using two focus groups and individual interviews with 20 women, the research highlights the patriarchal and colonial structures that dominate the women’s lives, preventing them not only from engaging in political activities, but also hindering their opportunities for work and socialization outside their immediate familial spheres. The political disillusionment within the researched and broader Palestinian community, as a result of the encroaching project of Empire as defined by Hardt and Negri, has created a divided Palestinian cause, a failed youth, and a society attempting to hold on to its identity. However, along with that comes the oppression of a sub-section of that society – the women; the remaining possession that the men have. Women who previously engaged in armed resistance have not advanced politically, socially, or economically – and in fact the history of their struggles are being erased as surely as their land is. Nonetheless, pockets of resistance – a Multitude – of women, agents in their own fates, are fighting the current towards a more emancipatory future for themselves and future Palestinian men and women.

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Tete, Suzanne Y. A. "Narratives of Hope? Displacement Narratives of Liberian Refugee Women and Children in the Gomoa-Budumburam Refugee Camp in Ghana." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-581.

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The refugee problem is a canker in contemporary human affairs without the ‘limboness’ that protractedness adds to it. Yet many refugee situations, especially in Africa, become forgotten emergencies as women assume new roles both at the family and community level, whilst children are born and bred in camps which were meant to be temporary in the first place.

This study explores the life situation of Liberian Refugee Women and Children at the Gomoa Budumburam Refugee Settlement in Ghana. It examines the livelihood means they employ as a means of coping, emphasisng their security and educational concerns. It touches on the challenges faced by the camp children or the youth a they strive to deal with their situation and assign meaning to their lives. Actor-oriented theories help conceptualise ways in which the refugees display agency in mediating the structures that enable them and/or constrain them in their protracted displacement. In view of the need to find solutions to the refugee problem, the three proposed solutions are examined in the light of the reasons informing refugees’ choice of one solution over the other. The concepts of Space and Place help analyse the realities of the solutions available vis-à-vis the preferred choice of the refugees. Highlighting the importance of hearing refugees’ voice on problems and solutions they consider viable in their situation, a qualitative methodological approach is employed. This is complemented by observations, focus group discussions, informal conversations as well as secondary data sources.

The analysis relates the data collected to the outlined objectives, research questions and theories. It brings to the fore the resourcefulness displayed by the refugees as they employ various strategies to cope on a short and long term basis. The study has also revealed the refugees’ ideas about “home” as where one makes it, rather than a nostalgic country of origin to which one must return for life to be complete. (S) GBV has been highlighted as an area needing more attention than that accorded it presently if the causes of women’s vulnerabilities are to be addressed in a wholesome way. Suggestions have been made based on refugees’ recommendation as well as that of the organizations in place and the researcher’s.

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Imungi, Muthoni Gatwiri. "Acculturative stress and psychological distress in adult female Liberian refugees in the United States." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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"This study used a mixed methods research design that employed both qualitative and quantitative research methods to explore the impacts of social and demographic characteristics on acculturative stress and psychological distress in 27 adult female Liberian refugees living in Lansing, Michigan." Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Aug. 19, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-179). Also issued in print.

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Anaman, Judith Akworkor. "Barriers to and facilitators of cervical screening practice among African immigrant women from refugee and non-refugee backgrounds living in Brisbane." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92791/1/Judith%20Akworkor_Anaman_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis investigated and compared barriers and facilitators of cervical screening among African-born refugee and non-refugee women living in Brisbane. Refugee women were more likely to have limited or no knowledge about cervical cancer and the screening test and also less likely to use Pap smear services than non-refugee women. The analysis identified belief systems, lack of knowledge about cervical cancer and screening practices, and lack of culturally appropriate screening programs as major barriers. In the context of health promotion interventions, these findings will contribute to addressing major differential screening needs among African immigrant refugee and non-refugee women.

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Burton, Karen Elizabeth. "The forgotten women, a hermeneutic study of refugee women and their mental health after resettlement." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0019/MQ55278.pdf.

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Dreitcer, Monica. "Changing Influences on Family Size for Palestinian Refugee Women in Beirut." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/228.

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This thesis addresses the influences on family size for Palestinian refugees in Beirut. It is based on ethnographic research done in a camp in Beirut over a three month period in which 24 women were interviewed to discern why they choose to have the number of children that they do. This thesis argues that changing nationalist ideals, declining economic status, and evolving women’s roles in the family contributed to the average decrease in family size.

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Lawumi-Oguntokun, Ranti. "Representing and relating to 'the other' : a Black African woman reflects on research interviews and therapy with Black African women refugees." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301592.

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Mokaya, Nyangau Jane. "Lived Experiences of Congolese Women Refugees Living in Indianapolis: Voices of Women." Diss., NSUWorks, 2018. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/107.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been at war for decades. Since its self rule in 1960, the country has been dealing with civil war, and has the largest number of refugees from Africa to the United States. Mineral wise it is the richest country in Africa, and yet it is the poorest in the standard of living. In this dissertation, I sought to research the lived experiences of Congolese women refugees settled in Indianapolis, Indiana. The purpose of this study was to explore, through their own voices, the challenges these women face as they resettle in a new country, with new people, and a new culture. These women are expected to be self-reliant within three months (90 days) with the help of resettlement agencies. A priority is that they are expected to learn a new language to enable them to move on to a life on their own. This is a challenge for these women who never had a formal education. Some of the challenges they face are the language barrier, living in a new country, new people, new environment, and the generational gap. Their challenge is to overcome these barriers. The study aims to share the women's voices firsthand. From the findings, awareness will be brought to the inefficiencies of the ninety day period of service from the resettlement agencies. Another finding is that the women refugees were not comfortable with the idea of being resettled in the United States. An additional finding is that the research participants condemned the separation that took place in the family when some of them were resettled in the US and some were left in Africa.

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Wallace, Sharon French. "PALESTINIAN REFUGEE WOMEN OF JABALIYA CAMP, OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP: EVERYDAY ACTS OF RESISTANCE AND AVENUES OF EMPOWERMENT." Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10225/1008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kentucky, 2009.
Title from document title page (viewed on July 14, 2009). Document formatted into pages; contains: vi, 169 p. Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-168).

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Habu, Toshie. "Japanese women in Britain." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300186.

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Said, Hannah. "Refugee women| The cross cultural impact of war related trauma experienced by Iraqi and Vietnamese women." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1600596.

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The purpose of the study is to conduct research and bring awareness to war related events experienced by female refugees. Refugees from war torn countries arrive to the United States with various forms of trauma—some war related and others not. Trauma experienced by refugees can significantly impact their mental health and overall quality of life. Reliable and valid screenings/interventions, that use quantitative and qualitative methods, have proven to be beneficial. Currently there is limited information regarding the range of war related trauma and health outcomes experienced by female refugees of Middle Eastern (Kurdish) and Asian (Vietnamese) descent. This study examines the difference in migration, employment, education, health insurance, mental health, and personal problems experienced by 60 Vietnamese and 44 Iraqi women. An exploratory, qualitative and quantitative, research design was employed to detect war related, traumatic events. The ultimate aim of the study was to focus on the cross-cultural impact of war related trauma and its mental health and overall effects on female refugees.

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Roche, Brenda Anne. "'Trauma' and the lives of women refugees in resettlement." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2005. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/682339/.

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'Trauma' has emerged as a central defining construct within professional and popular discussions on refugee health. Refugees are considered to be at risk for psychological distress due to traumatic events experienced in the context of conflict and natural disasters in their countries of origin as well as in the context of exile. Following migration, life in resettlement is often an unstable process marked by poverty, social exclusion, as well as poor health status. The importance of 'trauma' in the discussions on refugee health has left health professionals struggling to make sense of and react to groups of people now defined as 'traumatised'. However, we have little understanding of how trauma is understood, experienced and addressed by individuals, their advocates and the service provider's impacts upon the experiences of refugees in resettlement. Juxtaposing information from three distinct sources, I examine the discourse(s) surrounding refugees and health in resettlement, focusing upon the definitions and meanings attached to the issue of 'trauma'. The analysis draws on 16 qualitative interviews with health and social care professionals, qualitative 'resettlement history' interviews with 25 women refugees, as well as an examination of a selected body of authoritative knowledge (academic articles and conference reports) in the UK. At the heart of this analysis are contrasting perspectives in relation to the dominant paradigms of psychiatry, the metes and bounds of localised frameworks of distress, and the margins of socio-political action and interpretation. Definitions of trauma as a psychiatric disorder have implications for the clinical and social care responses of health professionals. In turn, women refugees are encouraged to engage with psychiatric systems of care and to learn a new language of distress that is psychologically informed, and may be distant from the socio-cultural context of their lives in resettlement. At the same time, the construct of 'trauma' has significance in the context of political asylum, where a diagnosis of , trauma tis ed' may be perceived as evidence supporting asylum claims. The highly politicised context of resettlement raises issues of social justice, which are interspersed with notions of trauma, as professionals seek to reconcile ideas of testimony and therapeutic interventions. These ways of seeing trauma rely upon the use of conventional Western notions of mental health and well-being that are grounded in a psychiatric paradigm and make use of related clinical strategies. Particular emphasis is placed upon the value of 'talk' as a means of achieving recovery. The women interact with popular and professional discourses on trauma in their daily lives. How they perceive and respond to these discourses (whether accepting it in whole, in part or rejecting it) offers insights into the meaning of trauma in resettlement and the coping strategies they employ in response to a psychological framing of their experiences.

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Albertson, W. Cory. "Survival Feminists: Identifying War’s Impact on the Roles of Vietnamese Refugee Women." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/sociology_theses/24.

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Although the Vietnam War has long passed, it still defines the lives of many Vietnamese refugee women who endured its aftermath. This thesis examines how war and the refugee process has shaped the memories and changed the roles of Vietnamese refugee women age 55 and older. Based on 10 life history interviews with Vietnamese women living in Atlanta, this study finds they structured their narratives by awarding the period after the Vietnam War with the most prominence. Also, the research shows the greatest amount of role change and role strain occurred during this time. With the absence of their husbands in the war’s aftermath, the women experienced great familial and financial instability, forcing them to add the role of head of the household. I argue that during this period, they exhibited resiliency, shrewdness, and entrepreneurial spirit on a familial scale—a culmination of events I define as survival feminism.

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Eziefula, Ukachi E. "Refugee women in the UK : factors affecting engagement with mental health services." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2011. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/10340/.

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Section A. This paper opens with a broad overview of theoretical and empirical literature on refugee mental health. It highlights a relative weakness in the understandings of post-migration mental health, particularly in the context of female refugees. The paper then focuses on three areas of refugee women's mental health, critically evaluating theoretical and empirical literature: 1) risk factors and prevalence of mental health difficulties 2) coping strategies, 3) mental health service utilisation. Gaps in the extant literature are highlighted and suggestions are made for future research. Section B. This paper describes a qualitative study which aimed to explore refugee women's experiences of distress and their encounters with mental health services in the UK. Refugee women do not utilise UK mental health services as frequently as might be expected owing to their vulnerability to mental health problems. The study investigated the mental health experiences of refugee women who have encountered mental health services in the UK in order to contribute to understandings about factors affecting service utilisation. A grounded theory qualitative methodology was employed. Ten refugee women were recruited from a local non-governmental organisation and participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences of distress, coping strategies and encounters with UK mental health services. A two-staged model emerged from the data. The first model depicted women’s experiences of distress predominantly in the context of post-migration experiences and how they coped, drawing notably from spiritual and social resources. The second stage of the model indicated how mental health service encounters were varied and a process of engagement involved evaluation and re-evaluation at particular stages. The study concluded that understanding refugee women’s utilisation of mental health services demands a multi-factorial, dynamic appraisal. Section C. This paper offers a critical appraisal of the study reported in Section B. The paper reflects on the research skills and abilities developed by the principal researcher and considers areas for development in terms of future clinical and research work in this field.

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Bubenzer, Friederike. "Lost in bureaucracy : the experience of Rwandan refugee women in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3840.

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Yotebieng, Kelly A. "The capacity to aspire among Rwandan urban refugee women in Yaounde, Cameroon." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1552294376449228.

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Berg, Mikaela, and Mikaela Wallinder. "Fear in Everyday Life - A Qualitative Study on the Everyday Routines of Burundian and Congolese Women Residing in Tanzanian Refugee Camps." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23470.

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This master thesis is based on a field study, conducted in Lugufu 1 and Mtabila 1 refugee camps in Kigoma, western Tanzania, where we held twenty-eight interviews with Congolese and Burundian refugee women. The Congolese and Burundian refugees have fled to Tanzania due to long-lasting conflicts in Congo and Burundi respectively; most arrived in mid-1990s. Thereby, the camps are no longer in phases of emergency and refugees have, since long, established everyday routines and habits that shape their everyday lives; our main interests lie in these. Accordingly, our aim with this study has been to attain a deepened understanding of how these refugee women experience their everyday lives with regards to safety. Since the women themselves were the narrators, security-related problems connected to firewood collection were, inevitably, frequently brought up and are therefore given much space throughout the study. Of great importance for the study is the Sphere Project, in particular the three Cross-Cutting issues - Gender, Environment, and Security – which are all, we believe, intimately related to Feminist Geography. Moreover, our purpose has been to interpret the answers given by these refugee women through arguments and concepts included in Feminist Geography and thereby enable new ways of understanding how, for example, the physical environment affects the everyday routines of refugee women. Furthermore, as several feminist geographers (who, to this date, mainly have focused on western, urban areas) approach women’s fear by looking at the prevailing social and power structures, such structures have also been given much space in our study. Consequently, our study sheds light on security-related issues, which refugee women face in their everyday lives. From the results found in our study, we believe, that if feminist geographers were to include refugee women residing in a non-western, rural context, they would stand to gain a broadened knowledge of how different women experience and are affected by fear and safety.

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Louw, Danielle. "Investigating South Africa's protection of refugee womxn: Refugee womxn's access to housing, inclusion into the labour market and protection from gender-based violence." Master's thesis, Faculty of Law, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32774.

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This paper investigates the integration experience of refugee womxn in South Africa. It focuses on the areas of access to housing, employment and protection from gender-based violence. Through a human rights approach, influenced by intersectional feminist theory, it analyses the international normative and South African domestic framework and discusses its gaps and challenges. Thereafter, an overview of the experience of refugee womxn's access to housing, employment and protection from gender-based violence internationally and in South Africa is presented. Lastly, recommendations are made to the South African state suggesting reform in law, policy and practice.

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Chulach, Teresa. "The Lived Experience of Pregancy among HIV-positive Refugee Women: A Qualitative Study." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/33017.

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Previous research has revealed that the experience of HIV-positive refugee women arriving from endemic countries is complicated by social, structural, and cultural issues. If and when they become pregnant, HIV-positive refugee women face a unique situation that is poorly understood by health care providers. The intersecting influences of HIV and refugee status in the context of pregnancy have been essentially unexplored in the Canadian context. The objective of this study was to describe the lived experience of pregnancy among HIV-positive refugee women; to explore the meaning of pregnancy from the perspective of HIV-positive women; and to understand the complexity of issues facing HIV-positive refugee women. An interpretive qualitative research design viewed through a critical post-colonial lens guided the study. Women were interviewed using a semi-structured in-depth approach. Four core themes emerged from the phenomenological analysis. The findings suggest that the experience of HIV and pregnancy among refugee women in Canada involves both disconnection and restoration. They must manage the dynamics of pregnancy, the impact of HIV and the cultural, political and geographic ‘newness’ of Canada. Noteworthy, are the efforts women take to conceal the HIV diagnosis. Additional insight was gained through an intersectional analysis of the data. The findings of this analysis suggest that women: 1) experienced alterations in identity 2) faced significant social disruption, and 3) are impacted by macro-level polices that influence both their initiation and access to the health care system. The lived experience of pregnancy among HIV-positive refugee women in Canada is analogous to moving through a liminal reality. HIV-positive refugee women work to restore a disrupted and “Othered” identity. Pregnancy is integral to that restoration. The results of the study have implications for nursing’s ability to support the transformative aspects of the liminal reality of pregnant HIV-positive refugee women. The potential for these transformations draw attention to nursing at practice, policy, education and research levels.

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Campbell, Julie-Marie. "Reflections on the Canadian guidelines on women refugee claimants fearing gender-related persecution." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0028/MQ33476.pdf.

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Takami, Chieko. "Defining women as a particular social group in the Canadian refugee determination process." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=31175.

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Recent feminist criticism has resulted in remarkable changes to the interpretation of the refugee definition. Case law, academic commentaries and gender guidelines now recognize that women may constitute a particular social group under the definition of refugee. However, only those who belong to certain subgroups of women are usually granted asylum because being a woman only is considered too broad to comprise a particular social group. Such restrictive interpretation is theoretically and practically problematic, and it is the primary cause for the inconsistency in the interpretation of the definition of a particular social group and refugee determination in gender-based claims. Through an analysis of recent gender-based cases before the Canadian courts and the Immigration and Refugee Board, this paper argues that this inconsistency will be avoided when categorization of women does not require female claimants to prove characteristics other than their gender. Female refugees who are persecuted for being women do not need to provide additional reasons for their suffering, and this broad categorization of women should be consistently applied in Canada.

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Haynes, Alice. "Threatened identities : the mothering experiences of asylum-seeking and refugee women in England." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2013. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/47076/.

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This thesis reports a qualitative study undertaken to explore the mothering experiences of asylum-seeking and refugee women in England, with a specific focus on how these experiences affect their maternal identity. Maternal identity is defined here as a woman’s perceived sense of competence in her role as a mother. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty-two asylum-seeking and refugee mothers. The study fills a significant gap in the research literature. Firstly, it provides a comprehensive account of the experiences related to mothering of asylum-seeking and refugee women in England. Secondly, it relates these experiences to the women’s maternal identity. Thirdly, drawing on both sociology and psychology and different approaches to analysing data, the thesis employs two theoretical frameworks, resilience theory and impression management theory, to try to understand the ways in which maternal identity can be protected. The mothers in the sample spoke about a range of experiences that impacted on their mothering practices and abilities. Many of these experiences were spoken about as presenting challenges to mothering. These included negotiating an opaque and hostile asylum system, poverty, housing problems, separation from children, social isolation, negotiating a new culture, parenting alone and intimate partner violence (IPV). Some of these experiences threatened the expressed maternal identity of some women. These experiences were threatening because they created a barrier between mothering expectations and actions. However, some women seemed more able to maintain a sense of competence in their mothering abilities, despite encountering multiple challenges to mothering. This is explained using resilience theory. The study adopts an alternative approach to understanding how maternal identity can be protected. It employs impression management theory to explore the way in which participants used language to negotiate their identities as ‘good’ mothers in the face of threats. The implications of the findings are discussed with regards to both government policy and those professionals working with asylum-seeking and refugee mothers.

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