Sociology and Anthropology Seminar Series: Nafiseh Ghafournia
Nafisa Ghafournia
The Sociology and Anthropology Seminar Series presents Nafiseh Ghafournia of the University of Sydney. Ms Ghafournia will present "Muslim Immigrant Women in Australia and Domestic Violence."
Abstract
This study examines the experiences of domestic violence among a sample of Muslim immigrant women in Australia. While there is a growing literature that reflects the complexity of domestic violence situations for immigrant women from different ethnic backgrounds, much remains unknown about immigrant women lived experiences of abuse and their challenges dealing with domestic violence in Australia. This lack of knowledge may contribute to the perpetuation of stereotypes or generalisations about these groups of women, their cultures and their religions. This study contributes to knowledge about the specificities of Muslim immigrant women’s experiences in Australia. Based on qualitative interviews with 14 Muslim immigrant women residing in Sydney and Newcastle, this research explores the intersections of gender, culture, religion and immigration, and the ways in which different social locations interact in Muslim immigrant women’s experiences of abuse.
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Nafiseh Ghafournia completed her BA with honours in social inquiry and her MA with honours in sociology in Iran. She received a Graduate certificate in Policy Studies from The University of Sydney in 2009. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in Sociology and Policy studies at The University of Sydney (submitted her thesis in May 2016). Her research is on “Muslim Immigrant women in Australia and Domestic Violence”. She has been working as a university tutor at The University of Newcastle since 2010. Her latest publications are “Culture, Domestic Violence and Intersectionality: Beyond the Dilemma of Cultural Relativism and Universalism”, 2014, The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies and “Battered at Home, Played down in Policy: Migrant Women and Domestic Violence in Australia”, 2011, Journal of Aggression and Violent Behavior.
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