Rape, transactional sex and related factors among migrants in transit through Mexico to the USA

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ID15098012
AutoresCesar Infante (Centre for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México), Rene Leyva-Flores (0000-0002-5973-4549, Centre for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, autor correspondente), Juan Pablo Gutiérrez-Reyes (0000-0002-0557-5562, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), Juan Pablo Gutiérrez (0000-0003-3142-2356, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), Frida Quintino-Perez (College of Science and Humanities, Autonomous University of Mexico City, Mexico City, México), Cristian Armando Torres-Robles (Centre for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México), Cristian Torres-Robles (0009-0004-5595-4132), Mariajosé Gomez-Zaldívar (Centre for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México)
Ano2020
Volume22
Fascículo10
Páginas1145-1160
Data de publicação2020-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2019.1662088
PMID31682779
OpenAlexW2985471314
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas29

Migrants in transit through Mexico to the USA are at risk of violence, including sexual violence, during the immigration process. This study sought to identify the socio-demographic factors, migration experiences and health conditions associated with the likelihood of sexual violence. A mixed methods study was conducted between 2012 and 2015. The quantitative phase of the work involved a non-random sample (n = 3539) of migrants who were the users of migrant shelters in Mexico. A probit regression model was used to identify the variables associated with the experience of sexual violence by participants. A total of 58 semi-structured interviews took place with migrants who had either experienced sexual violence or who were acquainted with the sexual violence experienced by other migrants. Of those who experienced any kind of violence, 5.7% reported having experienced sexual violence, with statistically significant differences by gender. According to male migrants, women in transit had the advantage of having an 'entry ticket [to the USA] between their legs'. The dynamics of undocumented transit migration provide multiple opportunities for gender-based inequality and sexual violence. We consider the major underreporting of sexual violence due to the stigma and normalisation of violence, in a social context marked by impunity

Criminology · Environmental health · Geography · Poison control · Population · Sex work · Sexual coercion · Sexual violence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Transactional sex · Demography · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Sex work and related issues