Examining the resettlement experiences of Muslim women

Women, resettlement and desistance

With the numbers of women imprisoned increasing across Western jurisdictions over the last 15 or so years, so too have the numbers of women returning to the community following a period in custody. Despite increasing policy attention in the UK and elsewhere to prisoner resettlement, women’s experiences on release from prison have received limited empirical and policy attention. Drawing upon int...

Examining the sexual harassment experiences of Mexican immigrant farmworking women.

This study examined sexual harassment experiences of Mexican immigrant farmworking women (n = 150) employed on California farms. Of the estimated one million California farmworkers, 78% are Latino, mostly from Mexico, and 28% are women. Unlike gender-segregated worksites of Mexico, women farmworkers in the United States labor alongside men, facilitating harassment from coworkers and supervisors...

The Resettlement Experiences of Refugees from El Salvador

Experiences and perceptions of Muslim and non-Muslim women during prenatal screening: a comparative study in Flanders and Brussels, Belgium.

Despite the widespread use of prenatal screening, women’s perceptions and experiences of prenatal care have only recently been addressed in scientifi c research.1 Several studies show that perceptions of and participation in prenatal testing can be quite different among women of different ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.2 3 Especially little is known about how Muslim women experience pr...

Resettlement of Girls and Young Women

The use of custody for girls and young women 30 Women over 18 31 More complex needs 32 Relocation and the strain on relationships 33 Evidence of effective justice work with girls and young women 34 The relationship with professionals 34 The importanc eof victimisation 35 A strengths-based approach 36 Holistic and gender responsive care 36 Evidence of effective resettlement with adult females 37...