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“We’re constantly fighting for that opportunity”: A Qualitative Study of Access Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health for Hispanic Immigrant Women in the United States
No full textImmigrant women in the United States face overlapping difficulties when seeking sexual and reproductive healthcare. A large amount of literature has demonstrated the significant barriers undocumented
immigrant women have encountered in accessing this type of healthcare, but little research has explored the uses of services and outcomes among different groups of immigrant women. Therefore, to
help in part to close the gap in the literature, this study examines how Hispanic immigrant women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with various immigration statuses and conditions, access and utilise sexual and reproductive services and describe the obstacles they face. The city of Philadelphia was chosen as the case study site due to the high foreign-born population, where an estimated number of 390,000 residents were immigrations or natives with immigrant parents. In addition, Philadelphia was estimated to have the largest undocumented immigrant population among the Northeast American cities. An exploratory qualitative study was designed with 18 in-depth ad hoc interviews with Hispanic women with the following immigration statuses: first- and second-generation immigrants, lawful permanent residents, naturalised citizens, and undocumented immigrants. The barriers were understood in terms of discrimination and inequitable access to healthcare under international human rights law. To detect the root causes of healthcare inequalities and lack of human rights fulfilment, we relied on an
intersectionality perspective to analyse and understand the multiple sources of discrimination and how they overlap and create multiple levels of social injustices in the lives of the women. Interviews were
audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and thematically analysed through the software NVivo. The research yielded four key themes: historical cultural beliefs, practises, and languages; fear, stigma, and negative self- perception; the role of community and social services; and influence of
socioeconomic status . The results showed that while a woman’s immigration status impacted their access to healthcare, other interconnected barriers were present that were mutually reinforcing
sources of marginalisation. Therefore, the need to go beyond the sole focus on an women’s immigration status in their access to sexual and reproductive healthcare confirms the usefulness of intersectionality in
analysing the discriminatory processes through a gender lens and in framing equality and social justice, whilst making reference to a human rights paradigm
Forced migration, family, and separation: The case of Kurdish families in Italy
No full textThis article explores how the case of refugee families highlights the challenges faced by migrant families, particularly in the experience of transnational family-making. The analysis is based on two different ethnographic research, (2014- 2016) and (2017-2018), which collected qualitative data by means of semi-structured interviews with first-generation Kurdish refugees. The results show that the experiences of ‘forced migration’ and ‘forced settlement’ affect family relationships mainly at the affective (ties and relationships) and normative (roles and expectations) levels, and that at each migration stage the combination of these spheres changes, weighing differently on family relationships
Nessun migrante è un’isola: Ruolo ed evoluzione dei legami familiari nell’esperienza dei rifugiati curdi in Italia
No full textUno dei meccanismi di disumanizzazione più comuni che a volte anche
inconsciamente si operano nei confronti dei migranti è considerarli come
singole pedine di grandi spostamenti globali, privi di qualsiasi legame sociale e familiare. Una ricerca sul contesto particolare dei rifugiati curdi giunti in Italia aiuta ad ampliare il nostro sguardo sulla questione: come i legami familiari si conservano ed evolvono nel corso del processo migratorio? Quali dinamiche si innescano al momento del ricongiungimento? Che senso di identità e di appartenenza sviluppano le seconde generazioni
Migrazione tra il desiderio e la paura della casa: Le esperienze delle donne migranti provenienti dalla Turchia in Italia
No full textBasato sull’analisi di interviste a famiglie e sulle riflessioni che ne sono scaturite, questo articolo intende contribuire al dibattito su ruolo e aspettative di genere nel contesto migratorio, focalizzando l’attenzione sulla migrazione dalla Turchia in Italia. I risultati di questa ricerca indicano che le tradizionali relazioni familiari di genere determinano particolarmente la fase della pre-migrazione: la decisione su quando muoversi, chi debba migrare e quanto a lungo rimanere all'estero sono scelte determinate il più delle volte dagli uomini. I rapporti e le aspettative di gene-re cambiano però nel contesto migratorio. Lontano dai legami delle famiglie allar-gate, soprattutto da quella del marito, l’esperienza migratoria delle donne sembra offrire loro maggiori possibilità di essere prese in considerazione dal marito nelle decisioni familiari. Una scoperta interessante è stata che la parola "trasformazione", nell'ambito delle relazioni familiari nel contesto migratorio, ha quasi sempre avuto una connotazione negativa per gli uomini mentre le donne spesso attribui-vano una connotazione positiva alla stessa parola. Questa ricerca indica che i le-gami con il paese di origine hanno impatti diversi sui piani futuri di uomini e don-ne. Per molte donne, i legami con il paese di origine fanno riferimento alla famiglia estesa e la sua interferenza nel matrimonio che possono essere dannosi per il rap-porto coniugale. D’altra parte, per gli uomini, i legami possono corrispondere alla pressione sociale della comunità locale per coloro che ritornano senza reddito o risparmi. Pertanto, donne e uomini producono strategie diverse per tornare: mentre gli uomini non vedono l’ora di avere abbastanza soldi per tornare a casa loro in Turchia, le donne cercano di sentirsi (e far sentire la propria famiglia) a casa in Italia
Family Perspective in Migration: A Qualitative Analysis on Turkish Families in Italy
No full textThe main purpose of this research is to understand the migration
phenomenon from a family perspective because family, as a relational
social unit, can be a lens which reflects the transnational and
intergenerational impacts of migration both on receiving and sending
society. For the main purposes of this study I will refer to a relational
definition of the family. Donati (2007) argues that family, different
theoretical sociological approaches have framed/ considered the family as
a structure of roles created by external factors like the social division of
labour, the level of economic development, the type of political regime or
communicative technologies. This vision caused the exclusion of the
relational character of the family from its definition. Family is thus seen as
a unit which is driven by the external forces that are not directly related to
human experience “while it should be observed instead as a morphogenetic
network of relations, or rather as a primordial and original network
emerging from the mediations that the family, as a sui generis social
relation, act between nature and culture, between public and private,
between individual and society (Donati, 2007: 10)
Diaspora governance in times of COVID-19: the case of the Turkish Diyanet in Italy
Full text linkSince the Covid-19 emergency broke out, Turkish state institutions became crucial to govern diaspora communities facing lockdown measures and forced separation from the homeland. Being the first European country strongly affected by COVID-19 and where massive lockdown measures have been put in place, Italy is a relevant case to analyze. Retracing the scope and scale of the online activities organized during the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper investigates how the Turkish state supported Turkey-originated population living in Italy. The analysis draws on interviews with Diyanet religious officers sent from Ankara to serve the Diyanet’s branches (DITIB) in different Italian cities and with the religious attaché employed in the Turkish Consulate in Milan who supervises them. The interviews have been corroborated with the collection of a vast visual material including brochures, videos and posters published on YouTube channel and the Facebook official pages of the DITIB cultural centers in Italy. Our data show that, during COVID-19 pandemic, online seminars enabled to strengthen Turkey's connection with the diaspora using the emergency situation as a starting point for enhancing family programs and fostering a Muslim-Turkish belonging in any aspect of life
Entering the School as a Refugee Minor: A Comparative Analysis of School Admission in Italy and Sweden
No full textAssessment of existing knowledge is essential to address new arrivals to appropriate grades. Modalities and policies adopted in assessing pupils’ prior educational levels also help the authors analyze how educationrelated
migration policies are conceptualized and implemented in institutional
settings. Through the “most-different” logic of comparison, in
this chapter, the authors investigate refugee education policies of Italy
and Sweden, focusing on the first phase of schooling: skill and knowledge
assessment and placement to classes. The analysis relies on an in-depth
policy text analysis. As expected, these two countries present remarkable
differences in newcomers’ skill assessment and school admission policies.
While Sweden adopts a centralized assessment test on students’ previous
schooling, aiming to address new arrivals into mainstream classes as fast
as possible through mother tongue assistance, in the absence of a national
framework, school admission is highly fragmented and regionalized in
Italy. Despite these differences at the macro-policy level, in both contexts,
school leadership and the agency of involved actors have substantial
importance in the first phase of refugee pupils’ school placement
Entering the School as a Refugee Minor: A Comparative Analysis of School Admission in Italy and Sweden
No full textAssessment of existing knowledge is essential to address new arrivals to appropriate grades. Modalities and policies adopted in assessing pupils’ prior educational levels also help the authors analyze how education-related migration policies are conceptualized and implemented in institutional settings. Through the “most-different” logic of comparison, in this chapter, the authors investigate refugee education policies of Italy and Sweden, focusing on the first phase of schooling: skill and knowledge assessment and placement to classes. The analysis relies on an in-depth policy text analysis. As expected, these two countries present remarkable differences in newcomers’ skill assessment and school admission policies. While Sweden adopts a centralized assessment test on students’ previous schooling, aiming to address new arrivals into mainstream classes as fast as possible through mother tongue assistance, in the absence of a national framework, school admission is highly fragmented and regionalized in Italy. Despite these differences at the macro-policy level, in both contexts, school leadership and the agency of involved actors have substantial importance in the first phase of refugee pupils’ school placement
AN ANALYSIS OF MIGRATION AND HEALTH NEXUS
No full textThis chapter examines how the relationship between health and migration is conceptualised and reproduced at different levels based on in-depth literature and policy analysis. The paper also analyses how some specific diseases are shaped by migration both in the country of origin and in the country of arrival. Furthermore, by examining the role of two key actors in health care provision and access, the general practitioner and the intercultural mediator, the authors also analyse the barriers and obstacles to accessing health services according to the legal status and classification of migrants. The results highlight that a proper analysis of the inequalities perpetuated at various levels in access to services is crucial. Also, encouraging migrant-sensitive health policies enforced with an effective intervention of intercultural mediators is crucial to ensuring the right to health for all, regardless of legal status
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