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What is Intimate Partner Violence

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Immigrant Women’s Voices and Integrating Feminism Into Migration Theory
Physical, sexual, or psychological abuse or harm by former or current spouse or partner.
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Hispanic/Latino Immigrant Women's Social Stressors: Silenced Voices
Elizabeth Ramsey (Tennessee Technological University, USA) and Rufaro A. Chitiyo (Tennessee Technological University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4664-2.ch008
Abstract
The United States has seen a large influx of immigrants in recent years, with Latino/ Hispanic immigrants making up slightly more than half of immigrants. This chapter identifies the major social stressors of Hispanic immigrant women, including language barrier, housing, lack of social networks, and sexual exploitation. This chapter includes a section on best practices and strategies for working with Latino/Hispanic women and families.
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Framing Femicide: An Analysis of Online Media Reporting on Romanian Immigrant Women Killed in Germany
Violence committed by one of the people in an intimate relationship, that is, marriage, cohabitation, or intimate relationship, against the other person. It includes any behaviour by an intimate partner or ex-partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including physical assault and aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours.
Published in Chapter: Framing Femicide: An Analysis of Online Media Reporting on Romanian Immigrant Women Killed in Germany; From: Handbook of Research on Digital Violence and Discrimination Studies
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Sociocultural Inequalities and Economic Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence in Rural America
Patterns of abusive behavior, such as physical, psychological, emotional, and financial abuse, are perpetrated by current or former partners that violate an individual’s human rights or cause harm to victims’ pets, family members, property, or other personal belongings.
Published in Chapter: Sociocultural Inequalities and Economic Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence in Rural America; From: The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships
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