Negotiating intersecting forms of oppression : female genital cutting (FGC) and cultural change after migration (2021)
This study is a Exploratory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Kakela E.
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: This thesis contributes to new knowledge by illuminating how cultural change and FGC-affected women’s experiences of trauma are shaped by state policies on asylum,migrant incorporation and cultural diversity
Study Population:
Findings: By tracing migrant women’s experiences of departure,displacement and resettlement,this thesis demonstrates the intersecting social,cultural,political and economic conditions which sustain women’s continuums of violence before and after migration. The findings illustrate how the collision of anti-FGC and anti-immigration discourses creates barriers for women to remake their lives after violence and displacement. I illuminate how these discourses materialise to perpetuate further trauma and to constrain women’s spaces for action to challenge FGC and other forms of gender-based violence within their communities.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Northern Europe
Country(ies):United Kingdom