Refugee Women, Violence, and War

This chapter discusses social exclusion in European migration from a gendered and historical perspective. It discusses how from this perspective the idea of a crisis in migration was repeatedly constructed. Gender is used in this chapter in a dual way: attention is paid to differences between men and women in (refugee) migration, and to differences between men and women as advocates and claim makers for migrant rights. There is a dilemma—recognized mostly for recent decades—that on the one hand refugee women can be used to generate empathy, and thus support. On the other hand, emphasis on women as victims forces them into a victimhood role and leaves them without agency. This dilemma played itself out throughout the twentieth century. It led to saving the victims, but not to solving the problem. It fortified rather than weakened the idea of a crisis.

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Correction to: The Effect of Health Education Given to Syrian Refugee Women in their Own Language on Awareness of Breast and Cervical Cancer, in Turkey: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Cancer Education ◽

10.1007/s13187-020-01698-1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 248-248

Author(s):

Rabiye Erenoğlu ◽

Şengül Yaman Sözbir

Keyword(s):

Cervical Cancer ◽

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Health Education ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Refugee Women ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Syrian Refugee ◽

Breast And Cervical Cancer

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Association of Black Women’s Perceptions of the Sex Ratio to Their Attitudes Toward and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/10778012211013900 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 107780122110139

Author(s):

Karen B. Vanterpool ◽

William L. Yarber ◽

Molly Rosenberg ◽

Rasul A. Mowatt ◽

Justin R. Garcia

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Sex Ratio ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Behavioral Models ◽

The Past ◽

Women’S Perceptions ◽

Women Violence

This study explores how perceptions of the availability of male dating partners (sex ratio) affect heterosexual Black women’s tolerance and experiences with intimate partner violence (IPV). Evolutionary behavioral models suggest that when the sex ratio is high (more available men than women), violence against women is more likely to occur, whereas the Guttentag–Secord model suggests that when there is a surplus of men, violence against women is less likely to occur. Testing these theories, results show perception of a high sex ratio was significantly positively associated with experiences of IPV in the past 12 months and more tolerant attitudes toward IPV.

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