“It is more difficult to leave now, there is nowhere to go”
Mapping structural barriers to GBV support for migrant women in Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17656344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carmel Nolan (Independent Researcher, Dublin, Ireland), Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu (0000-0002-2622-5350, Dublin City University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-127 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0791-6035 • E-ISSN: 2050-5280 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07916035261431544 |
| OpenAlex | W7135057678 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper critically examines the intersection of migrant women's experiences of gender-based violence (GBV), housing insecurity, and Ireland's racial neoliberal framework within the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence. Using discourse analysis of the three National Strategies and semi-structured interviews with support services for GBV victims, as well as NGOs and CSOs assisting migrant women, it highlights how the strategy's efforts at intersectionality fall short of addressing the root causes of migrant women's marginalisation. Empirical findings reveal how precarious immigration status, inadequate housing pathways, inconsistent translation services, and the lingering effects of COVID-19 restrictions intersect to deepen migrant women's exclusion and limit their access to support. Drawing on racial neoliberalism, it argues that neoliberal policies prioritise economic growth over social equity, rendering migrant women invisible within welfare and housing systems. While the Third National Strategy acknowledges migrant women's needs, it fails to confront systemic racism and economic exclusion perpetuating their vulnerability. The paper concludes that transformative change must challenge the structural inequalities embedded in racial neoliberalism to create a genuinely inclusive framework for migrant women in Ireland
Austerity · Immigration · Inequality · Intersectionality · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Racism · Social exclusion · Structural violence · Transformative learning · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Irish and British Studies
Thematic analysis
Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Immigrant Women
Every cloud has a silver lining but… “pathways to seeking formal-help and South-Asian immigrant women survivors of intimate partner violence”
Exclusion, Minimization, Inaction
Situating and Constructing Diversity in Semi-Structured Interviews
Intersectionality and the determinants of health
Domestic Violence at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
Undocumented Latina Networks and Responses to Domestic Violence in a New Immigrant Gateway
Mapping the Margins
Of exceptions and continuities
It's about Building a Network of Support
Neoliberal Multiculturalism
The advancement of racial neoliberalism in Britain
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |