Refugee women's experience of the resettlement process: a qualitative study

Resettlement can be particularly challenging for women as having a lower socioeconomic status and language barriers, may impede women's access to education, employment opportunities, health-care services, as well as the cultural, social, material and resilience factors that facilitate adjustmen...

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Published in:BMC women's health 2019-11, Vol.19 (1), p.147-147, Article 147
Main Authors: Mangrio, Elisabeth, Zdravkovic, Slobodan, Carlson, Elisabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to education
Adult
Communication Barriers
Cultural Competency - ethics
Cultural Competency - psychology
Data collection
Emigration and Immigration
Employment
Employment - psychology
Families & family life
Female
Humans
Interviews
Loneliness
Migration
Parents & parenting
Qualitative Research
Refugees
Refugees - education
Refugees - psychology
Researchers
Resettlement
Resilience, Psychological
Sex crimes
Social class
Social Perception
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomics
Sweden
Well being
Women
Womens health
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Summary:Resettlement can be particularly challenging for women as having a lower socioeconomic status and language barriers, may impede women's access to education, employment opportunities, health-care services, as well as the cultural, social, material and resilience factors that facilitate adjustment and adaption. Thus, the aim of this study is to further explore the perception of refugee women in Sweden concerning their situation during active participation in the resettlement process in the country. Qualitative interview study with 11 recently arrived refugee women who had received their residence permits and were enrolled in the resettlement process. The interviews were conducted in Swedish with the support of an authorized Arabic translator present by telephone. Refugee women suffered from being separated from their loved ones and felt compelled to achieve something of value in the host country. All experienced both physical and mental anguish. Stakeholders in societies that receive refugee women should stress the importance of finding opportunities for and fast entrance into employment in the host countries. This would be beneficial for the integration and well-being of refugee women after migration.
ISSN:1472-6874
1472-6874
DOI:10.1186/s12905-019-0843-x