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Abstract
This article examines the religious coping strategies among forced migrant women survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). While it is acknowledged that faith and religion help people to survive crises, the patterns of religious coping with SGBV and displacement are little understood. I explore how displaced women use their faith and religious resources to cope with SGBV and migration-related daily stressors. Using qualitative methods and data collected in Turkey and Tunisia with thirty-eight Levantine and African women, I introduce the concept of adaptive religious coping, which they deployed over time and place as one main coping mechanism in experiences of SGBV and displacement. Survivors used cognitive, behavioural and spiritual/emotional religious coping strategies, drawing on their available religious resources—ideas, practices and experience. The study highlights the importance of religious coping in supporting displaced populations emotionally and spiritually, and offers implications for mental health responses in forced displacement contexts.
Original language | English |
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Article number | feae003 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Refugee Studies |
Early online date | 27 Mar 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 27 Mar 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Funding:This work was supported by the University of Birmingham School of Social Policy Studentship, Islamic Relief Canada (fieldwork costs), ESRC Postdoctoral Grant Ref: ES/X00676X/1.
Keywords
- eligious coping
- sexual and gender-based violence
- displaced women
- forced migrant
- religion
- resilience
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Developing an integrated intersectional and socioecological approach for engaging with religion to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)
Pertek, S. (Principal Investigator)
Economic & Social Research Council
1/10/22 → 30/09/23
Project: Research Councils