A Qualitative Study of Women’s Lived Experiences of Conflict and Domestic Violence in Afghanistan
This article empirically explores women’s lived experiences of domestic violence and conflict in Afghanistan. A thematic analysis of 20 semistructured interviews with women living in safe houses produced three main themes about the relationship between conflict and domestic violence: (a) violence fr...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Violence against women
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 11, Pages: 1862-1878 |
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Summary: | This article empirically explores women’s lived experiences of domestic violence and conflict in Afghanistan. A thematic analysis of 20 semistructured interviews with women living in safe houses produced three main themes about the relationship between conflict and domestic violence: (a) violence from loss of patriarchal support, (b) violence from the drug trade as an economic driver, and (c) violence from conflict-related poverty. We discuss the bidirectional nature of this relationship: Not only does conflict contribute to domestic violence, but domestic violence contributes to conflict through justifying armed intervention, separating women from economic and public life, and perpetuating patriarchy. |
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ISSN: | 1552-8448 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1077801220935191 |