Doctoral Dissertation Research: Assessing the Impact of Violence Against Women Policy on the Safety and Welfare of Battered Immigrant Women

博士论文研究：评估暴力侵害妇女政策对受虐移民妇女的安全和福利的影响

• 批准号: 0418511
• 负责人: Anthony Ishisaka
• 金额: $ 0.78万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2006-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0418511&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Assessing; Impact

This dissertation research examines the impact of changes in federal legislation intended to deter intimate partner violence against immigrant women. Through provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1996 and 2000, some immigrant women are now able to leave their abusive spouses, without fear of deportation. The research will use a mixed-ethnographic approach to examine how VAWA provisions influence decision-making and safety planning for immigrant women who are victims/survivors of interpersonal violence. The main questions asked in this proposed study are: How do service providers/advocates assist their immigrant clients in navigating through their options for safety planning, including VAWA provisions? How do immigrant women negotiate their options in finding relief from their abusers and what role do VAWA provisions play in their decision-making? Broader implications for this research include: to assess how congressional intent to provide relief to battered immigrant women is working and inform policy development, to broaden understanding of interpersonal violence by addressing intersectionality of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and immigration, to hear from women themselves if the VAWA provisions are helpful in securing safety from violence, and to provide insight that will help service providers and social workers to better advocate for their immigrant clients.

本论文研究考察了旨在阻止亲密伴侣暴力侵害移民妇女的联邦立法变化的影响。根据1996年和2000年《对妇女施暴法》的规定，一些移民妇女现在能够离开虐待她们的配偶，而不必担心被驱逐出境。该研究将使用混合人种学方法来研究VAWA条款如何影响作为人际暴力受害者/幸存者的移民妇女的决策和安全规划。本研究提出的主要问题是：服务提供者/倡导者如何帮助他们的移民客户导航他们的安全规划选择，包括VAWA条款？移民妇女如何协商她们从施虐者那里寻求救济的选择，VAWA条款在她们的决策中扮演什么角色？本研究的更广泛意义包括：评估国会为受虐移民妇女提供救济的意图是如何起作用的，并为政策制定提供信息；通过解决性别、种族、民族、阶级和移民的交叉性来扩大对人际暴力的理解；听取妇女自己的意见，如果VAWA条款有助于确保免受暴力侵害，并提供见解，帮助服务提供者和社会工作者更好地为他们的移民客户辩护。