“God Helped Us”: Resilience, Religion and Experiences of Gender-Based Violence and Trafficking among African Forced Migrant Women

In this article, I explore how faith and religion shaped the resilience of forced migrant women subjected to intersecting gender-based violence (GBV) trafficking. Adopting a social constructivist perspective, draw upon interviews with 11 Christian 4 Muslim displaced survivors 10 African nationalities temporarily residing in Tunisia. first outline experiences understand what were resilient to, then describe pathways resilience, sometimes spiritual struggles unmet religious needs. delineate ways which personal prayers cooperating God enabled all but one survivor cope exploitation perilous journeys toward imagined refuge. offer insights for practitioners working migrants on move highlight importance support who are religious. discuss findings implications future research practice.