Responses to intimate partner violence in Kakuma refugee camp: Refugee interactions with agency systems
Responses to intimate partner violence in Kakuma refugee camp: Refugee interactions with agency systems
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10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.036
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2010-01-01
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5.4
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Horn, Rebecca
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作者：
Horn, Rebecca
亲密伴侣暴力被认为是被迫流离失所社区的一个重大问题，联合国难民事务高级专员办事处（难民署）在应对亲密伴侣暴力和其他形式的性暴力和基于性别的暴力方面取得了很大进展。然而，这些方案并不总是有效地使难民社区参与这些活动，这可能对妇女的健康和保护产生负面影响，这项研究是在肯尼亚西北部的卡库马难民营进行的。与来自苏丹、索马里、埃塞俄比亚和刚果等不同国籍的157名难民进行了18次重点小组讨论。他们重点讨论了卡库马IPV的性质和后果。本文的目的是探讨卡库马的难民如何谈论如何处理IPV，特别侧重于社区反应据说与难民署及其执行伙伴建立的正式反应系统相互作用的方式，难民谈到对IPV使用“反应等级”，只有特别严重或顽固的情况才能到达难民署或其执行机构。一些男性难民描述说，他们不信任机构的反应，因为机构被认为偏袒妇女，不惜一切代价优先保护妇女，即使这意味着将她与家庭分离。虽然社区对IPV的反应往往是适当和有益的，但目前的研究结果表明，在卡库马，这些反应不一定会保护妇女。然而，据报卡库马的妇女不愿意向难民专员办事处及其执行机构报告她们的案件。难民署更有效的保护对策可能包括与难民社区内的个人和机构进行更密切的合作，以协调一致地应对IPV。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been recognised as a significant problem amongst forcibly displaced communities, and great progress has been made by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in responding to IPV and other forms of sexual and gender based violence. However, they have not always effectively engaged refugee communities in these activities, with potentially negative consequences for the health and protection of women.This study was conducted in Kakuma refugee camp, north-west Kenya. Eighteen focus group discussions were conducted with 157 refugees from various nationalities, including Sudanese, Somali, Ethiopian, and Congolese. They focused on the nature and consequences of IPV in Kakuma. The aim of this paper is to explore how refugees in Kakuma talk about the ways that IPV is dealt with, focusing particularly on the ways that community responses are said to interact with formal response systems established by UNHCR and its implementing partners.Refugees talked about using a 'hierarchy of responses' to IPV, with only particularly serious or intransigent cases reaching UNHCR or its implementing agencies. Some male refugees described being mistrustful of agency responses, because agencies were believed to favour women and to prioritise protecting the woman at all costs, even if that means separating her from the family. Whilst community responses to IPV might often be appropriate and helpful, the findings of the current study suggest that in Kakuma they do not necessarily result in the protection of women. Yet women in Kakuma are reported to be reluctant to report their cases to UNHCR and its implementing agencies. A more effective protection response from UNHCR might involve closer co-operation with individuals and structures within the refugee communities to develop a co-ordinated response to IPV. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.