Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats
African irregular migrants risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in small boats hoping to reach Europe. Women irregular migrants (WIMs) are an especially vulnerable group that suffer from violence and sexual aggression, but little is known about their actual experiences. The objective of o...
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| author | Jiménez Lasserrotte, María del Mar López Domene, Esperanza Hernández Padilla, José Manuel Fernández Sola, Cayetano Fernández Medina, Isabel María El Marbouhe El Faqyr, Karim Dobarrio Sanz, Iria Granero Molina, José |
| author_facet | Jiménez Lasserrotte, María del Mar López Domene, Esperanza Hernández Padilla, José Manuel Fernández Sola, Cayetano Fernández Medina, Isabel María El Marbouhe El Faqyr, Karim Dobarrio Sanz, Iria Granero Molina, José |
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| description | African irregular migrants risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in small boats hoping to reach Europe. Women irregular migrants (WIMs) are an especially vulnerable group that suffer from violence and sexual aggression, but little is known about their actual experiences. The objective of our study is to describe and understand the violence against WIMs who arrive in Spain in small boats. A qualitative study based on Gadamer’s phenomenology was used. The data collection included twenty-six in-depth interviews with WIMs. Three main themes arose: “Poverty and discrimination push WIMs into migrating”; “WIMs as a paradigm of extreme vulnerability”, and “WIMs in small boats should raise the alarm”. WIMs who arrive to Europe in small boats have a history of violence, rape, prostitution, forced pregnancy, and human trafficking. Emergency care must include gynecological examinations and must make detecting sexual violence and human trafficking of WIMs part of their care protocols. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-83972023-04-12T19:16:40Z Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats Jiménez Lasserrotte, María del Mar López Domene, Esperanza Hernández Padilla, José Manuel Fernández Sola, Cayetano Fernández Medina, Isabel María El Marbouhe El Faqyr, Karim Dobarrio Sanz, Iria Granero Molina, José sexual violence abuse sexual exploitation public health women irregular migrants qualitative African irregular migrants risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in small boats hoping to reach Europe. Women irregular migrants (WIMs) are an especially vulnerable group that suffer from violence and sexual aggression, but little is known about their actual experiences. The objective of our study is to describe and understand the violence against WIMs who arrive in Spain in small boats. A qualitative study based on Gadamer’s phenomenology was used. The data collection included twenty-six in-depth interviews with WIMs. Three main themes arose: “Poverty and discrimination push WIMs into migrating”; “WIMs as a paradigm of extreme vulnerability”, and “WIMs in small boats should raise the alarm”. WIMs who arrive to Europe in small boats have a history of violence, rape, prostitution, forced pregnancy, and human trafficking. Emergency care must include gynecological examinations and must make detecting sexual violence and human trafficking of WIMs part of their care protocols. 2020-09-02T09:53:07Z 2020-09-02T09:53:07Z 2020-08-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2227-9032 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8397 en https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/299 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | sexual violence abuse sexual exploitation public health women irregular migrants qualitative Jiménez Lasserrotte, María del Mar López Domene, Esperanza Hernández Padilla, José Manuel Fernández Sola, Cayetano Fernández Medina, Isabel María El Marbouhe El Faqyr, Karim Dobarrio Sanz, Iria Granero Molina, José Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats |
| title | Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats |
| title_full | Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats |
| title_short | Understanding Violence against Women Irregular Migrants Who Arrive in Spain in Small Boats |
| title_sort | understanding violence against women irregular migrants who arrive in spain in small boats |
| topic | sexual violence abuse sexual exploitation public health women irregular migrants qualitative |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8397 |
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