Methodological issues in conducting research with refugee women: Principles for recognizing and re‐centering the multiply marginalized

Abstract

Ⅲ Many recent efforts in the field of community psychology have been dedicated to moving from values to action in incorporating diversity

Effectiveness of a Community-Based Advocacy and Learning Program for Hmong Refugees

“…Gender also emerged as a salient theme in the post-intervention qualitative interviews, including both the gendered nature of the intervention, the ways in which gender and gender expectations impacted Hmong women's participation in the intervention, its salience for undergraduates working with families in the intervention, and how participants learned about different gender roles from each other. For a full discussion of these issues, see Goodkind (2002), and Goodkind and Deacon (2004). but one were juniors and seniors.…”

“…9 In addition, the interviews provided an opportunity to examine the impact of the intervention on the undergraduate participants, 10 and the process of the intervention in terms of the relationships among Hmong and undergraduate participants. 11 Furthermore, the qualitative interviews 8 For a full discussion of the qualitative results, see Goodkind (2002). 9 Hmong participants described many ways in which the intervention impacted them, including: Acquisition of new skills and knowledge (e.g., math, job application skills), increased environmental mastery, self-sufficiency, and self-confidence, increased social support, the setting of future goals, positive impacts on their children, valuing of their experience and knowledge by others, validation of their Hmong identity, and increased understanding of the diversity in the United States and the possibilities for people from different races, ethnicities, and cultures to work together.…”

The internet, empowerment, and identity: an exploration of participation by refugee women in a Community Internet Project (CIP) in the United Kingdom (UK)

“…The authors approached the research from a community psychology perspective, which strives for diversity and under-represented perspectives to be heard (Goodkind & Deacon, 2004). The research was conducted by the first author: an educated, British-born, SouthEast Asian female.…”

“…In terms of ICT experience, this researcher is technologically competent and qualified to teach adult ICT skills; and has prior experience as an ICT tutor for adults. To overcome some of the differences in power between the researcher and women, relevant aspects from Goodkind and Deacon's (2004) principles for conducting research with refugee women were followed. This included building trust prior to interviewing through initial group interactions (allowing individuals to feel less intimated); use of positive nonverbal cues and body language and demonstrating a genuine interest in their opinions (as opposed to testing their skill or knowledge).…”

“…Recognised as multiply marginalised (Goodkind & Deacon, 2004), this group of women are subjected to a number of experiences in the UK with debilitating affects to their empowerment and identity. Entering a new social system, they experience greater levels of dependency on their husbands (in some cases propagated by an asylum status dependent on their husband's application); a loss of social support networks; increased loneliness and isolation and increased childcare concerns and responsibilities (Bloch, Galvin, & Harrell-Bond, 2000).…”