Doctoral Dissertation Research: Contextual Influences on Intimate Partner Violence Among Displaced Women in Colombia

这项研究旨在探讨因政治冲突而被迫流离失所如何导致亲密伴侣对妇女的暴力(IPV)。流离失所的过程可能会影响妇女的社会支持网络、男子在亲密伙伴关系中满足当地对男子气概和男子气概的期望的能力，以及妇女相对于其亲密伴侣的经济资源，从而加剧IPV对妇女的风险。流离失所社区的特点往往是极端贫困、当地基础设施薄弱和社会网络薄弱。哥伦比亚的流离失所人口往往是贫穷和边缘化的，这是许多此类人口的特点。这些人中的许多人被安置在大城市及其周围地区，其中70%来自农村农业环境。重新安置到大城市地区为稳定就业提供了有限的机会。这些艰苦的生活条件可能会加剧IPV。将对流离失所社区的哥伦比亚妇女进行深入的定性访谈，以了解她们对与流离失所有关的社会和背景因素如何影响她们的亲密伙伴关系和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的经验的看法和经验。这项研究的三个主要研究问题是：1)与流离失所相关的压力如何影响女性经历IPV的风险？2)流离失所的经历如何影响女性的社会支持网络，从而影响女性经历IPV的风险？3)流离失所的经历如何改变性别角色和期望，从而影响IPV的风险？这项研究具有重大的学术价值，原因有几个。众所周知，IPV是一个全球性的问题，但关于其原因的理论大多是在稳定的西方背景下进行的研究得出的。这项研究将探索在非西方背景下的置换经历如何塑造女性的社会网络、资源和男性气概结构，影响女性体验IPV的风险。关于上述因素如何影响此类环境下的IPV的信息对美国和国外流离失所人口的政策和预防计划的设计具有更广泛的影响。有可能在社区一级进行干预，以改变妇女感染IPV风险的影响。

This research aims to explore how forced displacement due to political conflict may contribute to intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. The process of displacement may exacerbate the risks of IPV against women by affecting women's social networks of support, men's ability to fulfill local expectations of masculinity and manhood in intimate partnerships, and women's economic resources relative to their intimate partner. Displaced communities are often characterized by extreme poverty, weak local infrastructures, and weak social networks. As is characteristic of many such populations, displaced populations in Colombia tend to be poor and marginalized. Many of these populations are resettled in and around large urban areas, with 70% originally from rural agricultural settings. Resettling into a large urban area provides limited opportunities for stable employment. These difficult living conditions may exacerbate IPV. Qualitative in-depth interviews will be conducted with Colombian women in a displaced community to understand their views and experiences of how social and contextual factors associated with displacement affect their intimate partnerships and experiences of IPV. Three main research questions guide the study: 1) How do stresses associated with displacement contribute to women's risk of experiencing IPV? 2) How does the experience of displacement affect women's networks of social support, and thereby influence women's risk of experiencing IPV? 3) How does the experience of displacement alter gendered roles and expectations in ways that influence the risk of IPV? The study has significant intellectual merit for several reasons. IPV is known to be a global problem, yet theories about its causes have grown largely out of research in stable Western contexts. This study will explore how the experience of displacement in a non-Western context shapes how women's social networks, resources, and constructs of masculinity affect women's risks of experiencing IPV. Information on how the above factors affect IPV in such settings has broader implications for the design of policies and prevention programs for displaced populations in the U.S. and abroad. It may be possible to intervene at the community level to alter the effect of women's risk of IPV.