Violence Against Migrant Women: The Istanbul Convention Through a Postcolonial Feminist Lens

Peroni, Lourdes

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“…Peroni discusses how the recent Convention on violence against women (VAW) 'largely circumvents the stigmatizing risks that arise from framing certain VAW forms primarily as a problem of some 'cultures'" and places migrant and refugee women in a victimhood frame. 27 Judgements of the ECtHR on minority women's clothing are also not fully in tune with discussions in the UN Human Rights Committee. 28 Particularly, SAS v. France 29 has clarified that on religious clothing, the choice of the minority woman will not be respected, no matter how educated, articulate and free she is, if not in accordance with -Western-values of secularism.…”

Section: The Demonization Of Culture(s)mentioning

confidence: 99%

When Universalism Becomes a Bully: Revisiting the Interplay Between Cultural Rights and Women's Rights

Xanthaki¹

2019

Human Rights Quarterly

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Although the scope of the right to culture has never been more recognized nor clarified, culture itself is currently portrayed in some human rights narratives as a tool of oppression and an obstacle to human rights, especially women's rights. Certainly, cultural rationalizations that justify human rights violations and the misappropriation of culture by dominant (male) elites put a dent in the recognition of collective cultural rights. However, the article argues that the binary understanding of universality v culture and collective cultural rights ultimately harms women's rights, as such understanding does not reflect all women's experiences, priorities, and strategies. The article uses the example of indigenous women to highlight the importance of culture for some women. It suggests a paradigm shift from portraying minority and indigenous women as victims of their cultures to pushing for their empowerment through and beyond their cultures. In essence, the piece advocates for a multilayered, nuanced approach on women's rights that addresses universalism but also considers postcolonial feminist and anthropological critiques of human rights.

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Section: The Demonization Of Culture(s)mentioning

confidence: 99%

When Universalism Becomes a Bully: Revisiting the Interplay Between Cultural Rights and Women's Rights

Xanthaki¹

2019

Human Rights Quarterly

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“…Applied uncritically, these approaches risk showing immigrants as powerless women victimized by their non-European cultures and is reminiscent of colonial times (Peroni, 2016).…”

Section: Prevalence Of Violence Against Migrant Womenmentioning

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A preliminary analysis of gender violence among migrants and displaced people in Europe

Boira¹,

Nudelman²,

Tsomaia³

2018

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Background. The vulnerability of migrant women, especially those coming from patriarchal societies, leads to the increase of gender violence. This is incremented by a myriad of socioecological determinants related to the immigration process and to the nature of male-female relationships. Objectives. The main objective is to conduct a preliminary analysis of recent publications dealing with the relations between gender violence and migrant populations in the European Union, including internally displaced people. Materials and methods. This paper is based on a revision of scientific publications from SCOPUS that relate to migrant women who are victims of gender violence in the European Union. The qualitative thematic analysis was used in order to identify the main issues targeted in the articles. Results. The thematic analysis of the studies reviewed dealing with migration and gender violence highlighted several important themes, including prevalence of violence against migrant women; the forms and contexts of gender violence; the impact of legal, economic environments and sociocultural barriers; the influence of conflict and war; the impact and consequences of violence, especially on women's mental health, as well as strategies and suggestions for interventions. Conclusions. Increasing the awareness of migration, regarding the conflicts and problems experienced by migrants (of both genders), could enable health and legal authorities to offer more significant culture and gender sensitive services, thus reducing gender violence.

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“…An alternative explanation would be that the number of unrecorded cases is much lower than what official conjectures suggest, making post-colonial feminist arguments more convincing. It has been argued (Peroni, 2016) that Western European states and institutions have targeted VAW of migrant background in ways that are stigmatizing by (1) putting disproportionate attention on and framing specifically certain forms of violence, (2) defining as cultural certain forms of VAW in ways that are stigmatizing toward minorities (as if the majority's forms of violence were not cultural), and (3) creating gendered racialized categories to describe non-Western women affected by violence (vulnerable women or girls at risk). What is usually called "FGM" is one of such forms of violence that receive disproportionate attention.…”

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Court Cases, Cultural Expertise, and “Female Genital Mutilation” in Europe

Mestre¹,

Johnsdotter²

2019

Studies in Law, Politics and Society

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This chapter discusses adjudication, expertise, and cultural difference as it appears in criminal court cases concerning female genital cutting (FGM) in the EU, as reported in a 2015 comparative overview. It begins with the distinction between typical and atypical FGM cases; a distinction that connects court cases to the cultural realities of the practicing communities, suggesting that the lack of cultural knowledge can cause unnecessary suffering to families and/or individuals who wrongly undergo prosecution in alleged FGM cases. A contrario, the intervention of experts in FGM court cases could be a positive approach to assessing the legitimacy of public intervention in certain cases.

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Violence Against Migrant Women: The Istanbul Convention Through a Postcolonial Feminist Lens

Cited by 27 publications

References 24 publications

When Universalism Becomes a Bully: Revisiting the Interplay Between Cultural Rights and Women's Rights

When Universalism Becomes a Bully: Revisiting the Interplay Between Cultural Rights and Women's Rights

A preliminary analysis of gender violence among migrants and displaced people in Europe

Court Cases, Cultural Expertise, and “Female Genital Mutilation” in Europe

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