RT Article
T1 Patriarchy's Link to Intimate Partner Violence: Applications to Survivors’ Asylum Claims
JF Violence against women
VO 29
IS 11
SP 1998
OP 2021
A1 Saunders, Daniel G.
A2 Jiwatram-Negrón, Tina
A2 Nanasi, Natalie
A2 Cardenas, Iris
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1855077310
AB Eligibility for asylum for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) has recently been contested. We summarize social science evidence to show how such survivors generally meet asylum criteria. Studies consistently show a relationship between patriarchal factors and IPV, thereby establishing a key asylum criterion that women are being persecuted because of their status as women. Empirical support is also provided for other asylum criteria, specifically: patriarchal norms contribute to state actors’ unwillingness to protect survivors, and survivors’ political opinions are linked to an escalation of perpetrators’ violence. The findings have implications for policy reform and supporting individual asylum-seekers.
K1 Sexism
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Asylum
K1 Patriarchy
DO 10.1177/10778012221132299