Kicking and Screaming

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felice Yuen
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
Transformational Process ◽  
Aboriginal Women ◽  
Women In Prison ◽  
Critical Theorist ◽  
Creative Analytic Practice

In this paper, poetry, as a form of creative analytic practice, is used to articulate my transformation from a constructivist to a critical theorist during my research with Aboriginal women in prison. I was first kicking and screaming against the very thought of working so closely with women in prison, and eventually I was kicking and screaming with incarcerated women and for incarcerated women. Creative analytic practice embraces the complexity of lived experiences and allows for transformational process of self-creation. In my poem, I illustrate my intense, emotional, and life-changing journey as I re-discovered a world based on hierarchical structures of power.

scholarly journals “Regardless of their sex” or “biological differences”. An analysis of the European Court of Human Rights’ case law on women in prison

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1275-1311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Ciuffoletti
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Relevant Issue ◽  
European Court ◽  
Women In Prison ◽  
Biological Differences ◽  
Critical Aspects

Abstract In recent years, a growing attention for the specificities of female detention has spurred the adoption of a consolidated corpus of international soft-law tools, as well as reports on the conditions of incarcerated women. This momentum has not been paralleled by court decisions focusing on gender as a key issue in determining potential violations to prisoners’ rights, neither at a domestic nor at an international level. The paper will explore the gap between said legislation and policies and their implementation, particularly focusing on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The perspective adopted by this Court in interpreting the gender specificities of women in prison seems to be uncritically grounded in the vulnerability paradigm and the protection of motherhood. We will attempt to decode this normative ideology and to read it in context, and in comparison with the consolidated case law of the Court on the legal notion of vulnerability in prison, as well as with its case law on gender topics and the prohibition of discrimination. The analysis will highlight the most critical aspects of the traditional interpretation of gender equality in prison, as well the need to reconsider gender as a relevant issue in the protection of prisoners’ rights.

scholarly journals Motherhood as a Double-Edged Sword: A Phenomenological Exploration Into The Lived Experiences of Incarcerated Pregnant Women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somayeh Alirezaei ◽  
Robab Latifnejad Roudsari
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Postpartum Women ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Interpretive Phenomenology ◽  
Early Postpartum ◽  
Women In Prison ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
The One

Abstract BackgroundThe global number of women in prison has increased in recent years. Some of these incarcerated women experience pregnancy. Pregnancy in prison has a great impact on the experience of mothers and can affect women’s role in motherhood. This study aimed to understand the meaning of motherhood in pregnant prisoners.Methods The present qualitative research was carried out using a descriptive-interpretive phenomenology via interviews with 11 pregnant or early postpartum women in prison. The participants were purposefully selected from incarcerated pregnant women in 2020 in Iran. Six-step Van Manen’s phenomenological approach was used for data analysis.ResultThe main theme of “motherhood, as a double-edged sword"emerged from the analysis, which consisted of two sub-themes, including “Moving in a circle between togetherness and separation” and “Being subject to ambiguous and illusory thoughts”. Based on the findings, motherhood in prison is just like living in a world, which is shaky and chaotic, and mothers are confused between reaching to and separation from the child. Furthermore, they experience the anxiety and worries of motherhood, and cannot be confident regarding the future of themselves and their children.ConclusionThe experience of motherhood in prison for women was like a double-edged sword; on the one hand, they were fully immersed in motherhood feelings and emotions, which enhanced mother’s tolerance in prison, and on the other hand, the presence of child caused the aggravation of stress and anxiety.

Holistic Conceptualizations of Health by Incarcerated Aboriginal Women in New South Wales, Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1549-1565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sacha Kendall ◽  
Stacey Lighton ◽  
Juanita Sherwood ◽  
Eileen Baldry ◽  
Elizabeth Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Aboriginal Women ◽  
Health Care Experiences ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Women In Prison

While there has been extensive research on the health and social and emotional well-being (SEWB) of Aboriginal women in prison, there are few qualitative studies where incarcerated Aboriginal women have been directly asked about their health, SEWB, and health care experiences. Using an Indigenous research methodology and SEWB framework, this article presents the findings of 43 interviews with incarcerated Aboriginal women in New South Wales, Australia. Drawing on the interviews, we found that Aboriginal women have holistic conceptualizations of their health and SEWB that intersect with the SEWB of family and community. Women experience clusters of health problems that intersect with intergenerational trauma, perpetuated and compounded by ongoing colonial trauma including removal of children. Women are pro-active about their health but encounter numerous challenges in accessing appropriate health care. These rarely explored perspectives can inform a reframing of health and social support needs of incarcerated Aboriginal women establishing pathways for healing.

Exploring diverse lived experiences in the Smart City through Creative Analytic Practice

Cities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 102478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Edge ◽  
Karla Boluk ◽  
Mark Groulx ◽  
Matthew Quick
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Creative Analytic Practice

Negotiating the Maximum-Security Offender Identity: Experiences From Incarcerated Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 691-707
Author(s):  
Sibulelo Qhogwana
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
No Value ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Restricted Movement ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Maximum Security ◽  
Depth Interviews

The representation of women classified as maximum-security offenders continues to be a challenge due to paucity of research regarding their experiences. Generally, their stories are masked under the experiences of the other categories of incarcerated women. Drawing from a larger study conducted with incarcerated women in a South African correctional centre in Johannesburg, in this article I provide a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews on the lived experiences of negotiating the maximum-security offender identity by 13 women. The results suggest that the maximum-security offender identity is associated with rejection, dehumanisation, denial of agency, restricted movement, and labelling. The article also highlights the significance of providing agency to incarcerated women in deconstructing stereotypes that represent them as angry and uneducated with no value to society. A more balanced repositioning of their stories emerges as they get an opportunity to construct their own experiences.

scholarly journals The Narrative of Women in Prison: The Parenting Practices and the Concepts of Mother in Incarcerated Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Ulya Saida ◽  
Elizabeth Kristi Poerwandani
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Parenting Practice ◽  
Detention Center ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Women In Prison

<p>This article discusses the experiences of incar­cerated women regarding parenting practice in prisons and the concept of motherhood. With the narration of eight women who were pregnant or breastfeeding and serving their sentences at the Pondok Bambu Detention Center in East Jakarta, the researcher presented different viewpoints of women by listening to their stories even though they had committed criminal acts. This research uses a qualitative approach to gender per­spec­tive. The researchers did field observations during the data collection process. Parenting practices carried out in prison was not done without obstacles. There are obstacles in terms of knowledge as a mother, economic, and emotional side experienced by incarcerated women. These obstacles influence the concept of thinking of im­prisoned women regarding social construction to be a good mother. They always try to look decent to be able to nurse their children with their conditions in prison. Some of them said the presence of their children in detention is like a new spirit in their life.</p>

scholarly journals Personalising the History Wars

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Maggie Walter ◽  
Louise Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Personal Perspective ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Aboriginal Communities ◽  
Personal Story ◽  
Aboriginal Women ◽  
Aboriginal History ◽  
Official Records

Warriors in the history wars’ do battle over the accuracy and portrayal of Aboriginal history in Tasmania, but for the descendants of the traditional people this contested field is also the site of our families’ stories. This paper juxtaposes, via the woven narrative of Woretemoeteryenner, a personal perspective against the history wars sterile dissection of official records. Woretemoeteryenner’s story serves as a personalising frame for Tasmanian colonial history. Born before the beginning of European colonisation, by the end of her life fewer than 50 traditional Tasmanians remained. Her story also shines a light on the lived experiences of that small group of Aboriginal women who form the link between the traditional people and present Tasmanian Aboriginal communities. Most critically, Woretemoeteryenner’s life is a personal story of a life lived through these now disputed and debated times.

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