Skip navigation

Journal article

Transnational forced migration and negotiating emotional well-being: the case of women refugees in South Africa

English
4
0

Attachments [ 0 ]

There are no files associated with this item.

More Details

2015
Taylor & Francis Group
Africa | Southern Africa

This study seeks to gain a better understanding of how a group of women refugees perceives their emotional well-being and how they make sense of their emotions. The discussion is based on a comparative qualitative study done in South Africa among Congolese, Burundian and Zimbabwean refugees. Attention is paid to intrapersonal emotional ambivalence and how the emotional well-being of refugees relates to their socio-economic context and more specifically their challenging life experiences. Reference is made to the role children and religion play in respondents' perceived emotional well-being and hope for the future. In addition, all the respondents had to manage emotions related to transnational familial ties. On the one hand, an acute sense of family separation was experienced. On the other, respondents felt a sense of financial responsibility towards their kin who were left behind. Yet, few respondents had the means to provide family members with any form of financial assistance....

Comments

(Leave your comments here about this item.)

Item Analytics

Select desired time period