Escaping Intimate Partner Violence - a study of social work with victims of violence in an argentine slum.
(2014) SOPA63 20141School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of the study was to examine social work with female victims of intimate partner violence in a slum in Argentina. The resources available and the methods used by the participants were studied. Feminist theory was used to analyse the hierarchal order in the society and an intersectional perspective was applied to the situation of the victims. Empowerment theory was applied on the working methods used. Six individuals working with victims of intimate partner violence in a slum in Argentina were interviewed, using semi-structured interviews. Some participants were educated and employed to work with victims of intimate partner violence, others were not. The results show that educational level and employment have a direct effect on the... (More)
- The aim of the study was to examine social work with female victims of intimate partner violence in a slum in Argentina. The resources available and the methods used by the participants were studied. Feminist theory was used to analyse the hierarchal order in the society and an intersectional perspective was applied to the situation of the victims. Empowerment theory was applied on the working methods used. Six individuals working with victims of intimate partner violence in a slum in Argentina were interviewed, using semi-structured interviews. Some participants were educated and employed to work with victims of intimate partner violence, others were not. The results show that educational level and employment have a direct effect on the resources and methods being used while working with victims of intimate partner violence. Participants employed and educated to work with the issue tended to rely on formal resources and focusing their working method on empowerment of the victim. Participants that were not employed or educated to work with the issue tended to rely on informal resources and used a closer accompaniment when empowering the victim. The results also point out a lack of resources, especially shelters. During the study it became clear that the lack of economic resources, both for the victim and the local municipality, makes this social group especially vulnerable and the escape from intimate partner violence especially difficult. (Less)
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- author
- Nilsén, Stella LU
- supervisor
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- David Hoff LU
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Intimate Partner Violence, Female Empowerment, Economic Empowerment, Slum, Argentina
- language
- English
- id
- 4611306
- date added to LUP
- 2014-09-09 16:19:27
- date last changed
- 2014-09-09 16:19:27
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abstract = {{The aim of the study was to examine social work with female victims of intimate partner violence in a slum in Argentina. The resources available and the methods used by the participants were studied. Feminist theory was used to analyse the hierarchal order in the society and an intersectional perspective was applied to the situation of the victims. Empowerment theory was applied on the working methods used. Six individuals working with victims of intimate partner violence in a slum in Argentina were interviewed, using semi-structured interviews. Some participants were educated and employed to work with victims of intimate partner violence, others were not. The results show that educational level and employment have a direct effect on the resources and methods being used while working with victims of intimate partner violence. Participants employed and educated to work with the issue tended to rely on formal resources and focusing their working method on empowerment of the victim. Participants that were not employed or educated to work with the issue tended to rely on informal resources and used a closer accompaniment when empowering the victim. The results also point out a lack of resources, especially shelters. During the study it became clear that the lack of economic resources, both for the victim and the local municipality, makes this social group especially vulnerable and the escape from intimate partner violence especially difficult.}},
author = {{Nilsén, Stella}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Escaping Intimate Partner Violence - a study of social work with victims of violence in an argentine slum.}},
year = {{2014}},
}