Resettlement challenges and dilemmas: An in‐depth case study of Bhutanese refugee women in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-323
Author(s):  
Jamuna Parajuli ◽  
Dell Horey ◽  
Maria‐Irini Avgoulas
Keyword(s):  
Refugee Women ◽  
Bhutanese Refugee

Factors Associated with the Presence of Strong Social Supports in Bhutanese Refugee Women During Pregnancy

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana M. Kingsbury ◽  
Madhav P. Bhatta ◽  
Brian Castellani ◽  
Aruna Khanal ◽  
Eric Jefferis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Supports ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Bhutanese Refugee

scholarly journals “And Slowly, the Integration and the Growing and the Learning”: Nuanced Notions of Integration of Bhutanese Refugees in US Cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Annie Taccolini Pannagio ◽  
Odessa Gonzalez Benson
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Us Cities ◽  
Bhutanese Refugee

Policy related to refugee integration focuses on economic factors, while integration is not clearly operationalized nor is it being systematically measured and tracked in policy implementation. This study poses the question, how can local-level integration be conceptualized based on the perspectives of resettled refugees, to add nuance to policy. Using a case study approach with a nation-wide scale, data include 40 interviews and five focus groups with leaders of Bhutanese refugee-run organizations in 35 cities across the United States. Findings illustrate the importance of bonds, bridges and links in non-linear, relational integration. Findings also suggest that better access to services and resources is the responsibility of policy-makers and would lead to stronger bridges over time. This complicates existing policy and implies that resettlement programming should remain individualized and contextual from the ground level to the national level.

Common Threads: Improving the Mental Health of Bhutanese Refugee Women Through Shared Learning

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane B. Mitschke ◽  
Regina T. P. Aguirre ◽  
Bonita Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Shared Learning ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Bhutanese Refugee

Social Work with Refugee Women

2016 ◽  
pp. 559-579
Author(s):  
Lareen Cooper ◽  
Mary Nash ◽  
Antoinette Umugwaneza
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Women Refugees ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Participatory Methods ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
Demographic Features

In this chapter on resettlement social work with women refugees, they are portrayed as resilient yet reluctant users of social work services. While the field of social work with refugees has already been widely introduced and discussed, less attention has been paid to resettlement work with women refugees. In order to contextualise this discussion, key terms are briefly defined, and relevant legislation together with demographic features are covered. The chapter includes a case study, presented by one of the authors, herself an expert by experience. We present open source as well as current research published in academic journals relating to this field of practice. Research methods and ethical issues including practice dilemmas associated with the concept of empowerment are discussed. Practical applications and cultural concerns derived from the research suggest how practitioners and refugee women may work together using participatory methods to draw on the strengths and experience of the refugee women to achieve goals which are consistent with those set out by the United Nations High Commission.

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