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Afghan women inexile and repatriation: passive victims or social actors?
- Author:
- ROSS-SHERIFF Fariyal
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 21(2), Summer 2006, pp.206-219.
- Publisher:
- Sage
In-depth interviews with 60 repatriated Afghan refugee women on their experiences before and during war and exile revealed their significant roles and responsibilities. The women were active in protection, safety, survival, and the reestablishment of their families during this time. Contrary to media presentations of Afghan women as helpless victims, they were social actors who used their networks to face the challenges of war, supported their families during exile, and participated in repatriation. Themes that emerged included the significance of cultural and religious norms and expectations, the social entitlement to receive support, and the obligation to provide support within the family and within their ethnic community. The women's stories reflect resilience in times of stress and optimism for the future that were based on their religious faith. Religion and culture are two important elements in developing social work practice with Afghan women in the aftermath of war and during repatriation.
Intimate partner violence among Afghan women living in refugee camps in Pakistan
- Authors:
- HYDER Adnan, NOOR Zarin, TSUI Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 64(7), April 2007, pp.1536-1547.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to explore events and factors that lead to conflict in the home in the Afghan refugee setting, and the current status of the health sector's ability to respond to evidence of conflict. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 women of reproductive age and 20 health workers serving these women in an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan, during the summer of 2004. In particular, this paper analyses women's explanations of how various marriage traditions may be linked to conflict in the home and how the interactions of different family members may be related to conflict. The relationships of women with their parents-in-law and husbands are highlighted in particular, and a model developed to explore the choreography of their relationships and the ways in which these dynamics may encourage or inhibit violence. The perspectives of health workers on the ways in which the health system responds to family conflict and violence are also presented. Finally, this paper provides information that helps to frame the issues of family violence and conflict in long-term refugee populations for intervention designers and those who are working to craft a health sector response to this problem.
Crossing the border: voices of refugee and exiled women
- Editor:
- LANGER Jennifer
- Publisher:
- Five Leaves
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 327p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Women and children make up eighty per cent of the world's refugee population, yet their voices are seldom heard. In this anthology women from Somalia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Northern Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Bosnia, Kosova, and the Congo tell their stories. In addition there are articles on women's lives in each of these countries.