Gendered Harm and Structural Violence in the British Asylum System V. Canning. London and New York: Routledge (2017) 194pp. £105.00hb ISBN 9781138854659

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-286
Author(s):  
Jon Burnett



2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110309
Author(s):  
Jenny Phillimore ◽  
Sandra Pertek ◽  
Selin Akyuz ◽  
Hoayda Darkal ◽  
Jeanine Hourani ◽  
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Adopting a structural violence approach, this article explores, with survivors and practitioners, how early coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic conditions affected forced migrant sexual and gender-based violence survivors’ lives. Introducing a new analytical framework combining violent abandonment, slow violence, and violent uncertainty, we show how interacting forms of structural violence exacerbated by pandemic conditions intensified existing inequalities. Abandonment of survivors by the state increased precarity, making everyday survival more difficult, and intensified prepandemic slow violence, while increased uncertainty heightened survivors’ psychological distress. Structural violence experienced during the pandemic can be conceptualized as part of the continuum of violence against forced migrants, which generates gendered harm.







Author(s):  
Robert H. Keefe ◽  
Sandra D. Lane ◽  
Robert A. Rubinstein ◽  
Darlene Carter ◽  
Timothy Bryant ◽  
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Impoverished and African American fathers are often criticized by policy makers for lack of involvement in their children's lives. These criticisms are limited to defining responsible fatherhood as providing economic support while ignoring other forms of nurturing. Recent studies provide a broader perspective on how impoverished and African American fathers nurture their children. This article analyzes data from five studies carried out in Syracuse, New York, between 1996 and 2011. The studies support the contention that structural violence, inherent in the disproportionate incarceration of African American fathers, is a critical factor impeding the fathers from fulfilling their paternal roles. We discuss policy issues affecting incarcerated fathers that limit the extent to which they are able to bond with their children.





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