Economic abuse: Coercive debt of Arab-Palestinian women in Israel
Tal Meler,
Raghda Alnabilsy,
Bernstein Miri
Abstract:This article focuses on coercive debt, a form of economic abuse inflicted on women belonging to an indigenous-national minority by their partners/ex-partners. Coercive debt isolates and controls women, making it difficult for them to build a life free of their abuser even after separation, and impeding their ability to meet basic needs, such as housing, employment and amenities. Through a series of semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted in 2022 with Arab-Palestinian women in Israel, along with an analys… Show more
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