Surviving Life as a Woman
A Critical Ethnography of Violence in the Lives of Female Domestic Workers in Malawi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15217375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu (0000-0003-3205-1841, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, corresponding author), Rachel Rodríguez (0000-0001-5007-1067, Edgewood College), Nawal H Ammar (0000-0002-8492-9786, Kent State University), Nawal Ammar, Keiko Nemoto (End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 783-801 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Care For Women International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07399330903066137 |
| PMID | 19657817 |
| OpenAlex | W1983941628 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 19 |
A common form of employment for low-income third world women is domestic work. The power dynamics in this type of employer-employee relationship may place women at risk for abuse. Our aim in conducting this qualitative inquiry was to describe the experiences of violence in the lives of young female domestic workers in Malawi, a small country in South East Africa. Forty-eight women participated in focus group and individual interviews. "Surviving" was the main theme identified, with women employing creative ways of surviving the challenges they met at various points in their lives. This study provides information that health care professionals could use in assisting women through the process of surviving
Domestic violence · Domestic work · Economic growth · Environmental health · Ethnography · Focus group · Health care · Poison control · Power (physics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Theme (computing · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
Reproductive labor, social vulnerability, and female aging
Structure as Depressant
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Safety Planning in Focus Groups of Malawian Women Living With HIV
I hardly see the husband”
Marriage as a risk factor for HIV
What explains gender inequalities in HIV/Aids prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from the demographic and health surveys
Discordance, Disclosure and Normative Gender Roles
Social determinants of health
The Innovative and Collective Capacity of Low-Income East African Women in the Era of HIV/Aids
The Critical Value of Focus Group Discussions in Research With Women Living With HIV in Malawi
Mobile people in global migration and the working of law
We endure because we need money’
The Plight of Black South African Women Domestics
Mexican Immigrant Women and the New Domestic Labor
Malawian Midwives’ Perceptions of Occupational Risk for HIV Infection
Donkey Work
Feminist Theory and Status Inconsistency Theory
The 'Acquired Income Deficiency Syndrome
The impact of economic sanctions on health and human rights in Haiti, 1991-1994
The Maid Trade
Doing Gender
Jealousy, Chastity, and Abuse
Still serving the tea
Children's migration as a household/family strategy
Domestic trials
Transgressing the Nation-State
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,81 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |