TY - JOUR
T1 - Drivers of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Three Refugee Camps
AU - Wachter, Karin
AU - Horn, Rebecca
AU - Friis, Elsa
AU - Falb, Kathryn
AU - Ward, Leora
AU - Apio, Christine
AU - Wanjiku, Sophia
AU - Puffer, Eve
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research was funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (S-PRMCO-13-CA-1209).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - This qualitative study examined the “drivers” of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in displacement to identify protective factors and patterns of risk. Qualitative data were collected in three refugee camps in South Sudan, Kenya, and Iraq (N = 284). Findings revealed interrelated factors that triggered and perpetuated IPV: gendered social norms and roles, destabilization of gender norms and roles, men’s substance use, women’s separation from family, and rapid remarriages and forced marriages. These factors paint a picture of individual, family, community and societal processes that exacerbate women’s risk of IPV in extreme conditions created by displacement. Implications for policy and practice are indicated.
AB - This qualitative study examined the “drivers” of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in displacement to identify protective factors and patterns of risk. Qualitative data were collected in three refugee camps in South Sudan, Kenya, and Iraq (N = 284). Findings revealed interrelated factors that triggered and perpetuated IPV: gendered social norms and roles, destabilization of gender norms and roles, men’s substance use, women’s separation from family, and rapid remarriages and forced marriages. These factors paint a picture of individual, family, community and societal processes that exacerbate women’s risk of IPV in extreme conditions created by displacement. Implications for policy and practice are indicated.
KW - displacement
KW - domestic violence
KW - qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1177/1077801216689163
DO - 10.1177/1077801216689163
M3 - Article
C2 - 29332516
AN - SCOPUS:85041356274
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 24
SP - 286
EP - 306
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 3
ER -