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Integration timeline: not defined Open access: Yes Location: Calgary, AB Community organizations: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) Key populations: refugee mothers in the Multicultural Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program in Calgary Key findings: 1) Mothers emphasiz...
Key findings: 1) The overarching theme of the interviews was “The necessity of finding ways to survive in the face of intersecting challenges.” 2) The subtheme “struggles in Canada” discussed structural barriers to economic success, compounded discrimination across intersectional identities, and the burden of the doubl...
Future research / gaps identified: Integration timeline: not defined Key population: African immigrant women who are survivors of intimate partner violence Community organizations: n/a Key findings: Key recommendations: Location: Edmonton, AB Open access: Yes
Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline Newcomers (not defined) Key populations Somali immigrant mothers in Edmonton or Calgary Location Edmonton Calgary Alberta Open access – No Future research/gaps identified This research only included Muslim Somali mothers in Alberta Key fi...
Key findings Gender intersects across migration, religion, and cultural practices to revictimize SA women Professionals and SA community members silence women and perpetuate abuse Domestic violence is not always between intimate partner relationship; sometimes it is between extended family, or in-laws. The perpet...
Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: less than 5 years in Canada Location: Unspecified city in Alberta Future research / gaps identified: Explore the experiences of single immigrant mothers with further intersectional identities that this study didn’t specifically examine. Key findings: 1) Single,...
Location NA Key recommendations Need to engage African immigrant men in policies and practices that shape their lives, including immigrant serving agencies and organizations. Important to engage community organizations and elders in this process Key populations African immigrant men Key findings African immigrant...
Key recommendations Need for further research into the topic Need to develop predictive tools that can identify women at most risk of experiencing poor outcomes that come as the result of not having a female care provider during childbirth Key findings Immigrant women prefer to have a female physician for obste...
Key populations Immigrant social workers (female and male) Gaps identified Lack of research that addresses gender-based experiences of immigrant social workers Key recommendations Remove barriers to social workers’ professional and personal adaptation in the following areas: “language, employment, housing, daycare,...
Location Edmonton Alberta Key recommendations Collaboration between mainstream and south asian women’s organizations can help remove barriers to accessing help Creation of an information hub, in order to provide resources to women planning to flee/currently fleeing domestic violence, with no knowledge of s...