Refugees, Violence and Gender: the Case of Women in the Albert Park Area in Durban, South Africa

Memela, Sinenhlanhla; Maharaj, Brij

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“…The ability to negotiate these boundaries, however, occurs differentially on the basis of gender. This research highlights the need to reduce risk of harassment and sexual violence faced by girls and women in Namibia and other SSA contexts (Amoako-Sakyi, 2017; Memela and Maharaj, 2018; Peters, 2000; Porter et al, 2017; Vanderschuren et al, 2019; Tanzarn, 2017; Uteng, 2012). This may occur through a combination of increased securitization of public space, law enforcement, education and behavioural change campaigns aimed at removing the differentiated risks women and girls experience in their mobility.…”

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Rational versus Fashionable: Youth Identity, Play and Agency in Namibian Cycling Mobilities

Baker

2021

Progress in Development Studies

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The bicycle has been prescribed as an ‘intermediate mode of transport’ intended as a low-cost approach to address mobility inequality and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Within this framework, the bicycle is commonly intended to technologically advance head portage for those who cannot access motorized transport. The singular vision of the bicycle as a load-carrying device has sought to encourage industrious activities over alternative practices, such as play, embodied sensory experiences of mobility and conspicuous consumption for identity performance that are important aspects of youth agency. This article alternatively demonstrates the complexity of mobility and consumer behaviour among young Namibians as they negotiate multiple identities embodied in their mobility. In doing so, the article examines the limitations of youth agency expressed in play, mobility and subject formation, given the normative understandings of gender.

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Rational versus Fashionable: Youth Identity, Play and Agency in Namibian Cycling Mobilities

Baker

2021

Progress in Development Studies

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“…. .” (Memela & Maharaj, 2018, p. 436) and “men try to control everything, women have no right to say anything” (Fineran & Kohli, 2020, p. 205). Financial abuse is another common reported form of IPV, especially when women receive financial help from services, as seen in phrases like “if she does not let him have the money, he beats her and does not let her have any money at all” (Zannetinno, 2012, p.…”

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“…This was reported on some refugee camps, but mainly during the destination stage in the resettling process, when women are looking for jobs (Jops et al, 2020). Sexual harassment was also very common, as shown with phrases like “he heard my accent and started to touch me all over” (Memela & Maharaj, 2018, p. 438).…”

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Women Refugee’s Perceptions, Experiences and Coping Mechanisms in Situations of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV): A Metasynthesis

Pérez-Vázquez

Campos

2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Women represent almost half of the 20 million refugees worldwide, and although they play a key role in their communities, their voices and needs are often missing from research and policies directed to this population. A qualitative systematic review, or metasynthesis, was conducted to examine the experiences, perceptions, coping mechanisms, and psychological discourses of women refugees in situations of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) that occur during the travel, interception, and destination migratory stages. A systematic search was conducted on five multidisciplinary databases and was complemented with a manual search, resulting on a total of 511 articles which were screened for eligibility. Only qualitative, peer-reviewed, and English-written research articles were selected, and they were required to (1) focus on women refugees above 15 years of age and (2) report on their experiences, perceptions, psychological discourses, and/or coping with SGBV during their migration across countries (international migration). Ultimately, a total of 14 qualitative research articles were selected for the review. Using the thematic synthesis approach as a guideline, the results were summarized in the following themes: experiences of SGBV, perception of SGBV, perception of the risk factors creating and perpetuating their vulnerability, coping with SGBV, barriers to help-seeking, and psychological consequences. Despite the broad search, only information about some types of SGBV experiences from Asian and African refugee communities was found. Nonetheless, the available qualitative information on this topic is effectively integrated, knowledge gaps are identified, and future research, interventions, and policies using an integrated and culturally sensitive framework are suggested.

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“…Furthermore, despite women constituting a significant proportion of the refugee population (Rai and Paul, 2020), a glaring lack of attention has been given in investigating their health needs in sub-Sahara Africa (Ackerson and Zielinski, 2017; Mohale et al, 2017), including South Africa (Waiganjo, 2018). Female refugees often experience gender- and sexual-based violence (Vu et al, 2014), even after postmigration (Memela and Maharaj, 2018; Pannetier et al, 2018), which is documented to have emotional, physical, and health consequences in South Africa (Mhlongo et al, 2018). We investigate the extent of hypertension and its sociodemographic and clinical challenges among female refugees in Durban, South Africa, which has a rich history of refugee migration.…”

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Hypertension and Its Associated Mental Health Challenges Among Female African Refugees in Durban, South Africa

Munezero

Tomita

2021

J Nerv Ment Dis

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Hypertension is a serious medical condition that leads to various adverse health complications when left untreated. In addition to psychological challenge that female migrant refugees are exposed to premigration, they encounter barriers to care postmigration from xenophobia that affects their hypertension. We investigated the extent and mental health drivers of hypertension in refugees in Durban, South Africa. We interviewed 178 adult female African help-seeking refugees/migrants for hypertension (blood pressure ≥130/90 mm Hg) and mental health challenges (e.g., adverse childhood experience [ACE] and depression using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale). Eighty-six percent (n = 153) of participants were hypertensive, and based on the adjusted regression models, exposure to at least one ACE (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.83; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11-7.26) and depression (aOR, 3.54; 95% CI, were associated with hypertension, independent of smoking, alcohol, obesity, and physical exercise status. Hypertension and its associated mental health challenges are overlooked conditions in this population, with further efforts for screening being needed.

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Refugees, Violence and Gender: the Case of Women in the Albert Park Area in Durban, South Africa

Cited by 6 publications

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Rational versus Fashionable: Youth Identity, Play and Agency in Namibian Cycling Mobilities

Rational versus Fashionable: Youth Identity, Play and Agency in Namibian Cycling Mobilities

Women Refugee’s Perceptions, Experiences and Coping Mechanisms in Situations of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV): A Metasynthesis

Hypertension and Its Associated Mental Health Challenges Among Female African Refugees in Durban, South Africa

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