TY - JOUR
T1 - Violence en route
T2 - Eritrean women asylum-seekers experiences of sexual violence while migrating to Israel
AU - Gebreyesus, Tsega
AU - Sultan, Zebib
AU - Ghebrezghiabher, Habtom M.
AU - Singh, Namrita
AU - Tol, Wietse A.
AU - Winch, Peter J.
AU - Davidovitch, Nadav
AU - Surkan, Pamela J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/8/20
Y1 - 2019/8/20
N2 - Migrating irregularly, without access to support, may increase female asylum-seekers’ vulnerability to sexual violence. In this study, the authors applied a public health lens to explore the risk for sexual violence experienced by female asylum-seekers en route from Eritrea to Israel. The study team conducted 13 in-depth interviews and 8 focus groups with Eritreans in Israel between April and September of 2013. Participants in the study described their experiences occurring in three segments. The combination of irregular movement through dangerous, difficult and often isolated terrain, dependence on human smugglers, and vulnerability to traffickers led to the systematization and normalization of sexual violence en route. Such factors heighten vulnerability to sexual violence among these Eritrean women asylum-seekers, as well as others who find themselves in similar circumstances.
AB - Migrating irregularly, without access to support, may increase female asylum-seekers’ vulnerability to sexual violence. In this study, the authors applied a public health lens to explore the risk for sexual violence experienced by female asylum-seekers en route from Eritrea to Israel. The study team conducted 13 in-depth interviews and 8 focus groups with Eritreans in Israel between April and September of 2013. Participants in the study described their experiences occurring in three segments. The combination of irregular movement through dangerous, difficult and often isolated terrain, dependence on human smugglers, and vulnerability to traffickers led to the systematization and normalization of sexual violence en route. Such factors heighten vulnerability to sexual violence among these Eritrean women asylum-seekers, as well as others who find themselves in similar circumstances.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061191964&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07399332.2019.1566336
DO - 10.1080/07399332.2019.1566336
M3 - Article
C2 - 30722762
AN - SCOPUS:85061191964
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 40
SP - 721
EP - 743
JO - Health Care for Women International
JF - Health Care for Women International
IS - 7-9
ER -
