Narratives of experiences of violence of Venezuelan migrant women sheltered at the northwestern Brazilian border.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To know the experiences of Venezuelan migrant women living in shelters in Roraima state at the northwestern border between Venezuela and Brazil regarding situations of violence as part of the dynamics of everyday life.

Materials and methods

Data were collected in January 2020 through 12 focus group discussions (FGDs) with 5 to 14 Venezuelan migrant women aged 18-49 years old living transitorily in five shelters established by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Brazilian government. We obtained individual and shared views on the experiences regarding violence that migrant women may experience in their everyday life. To organize the FGDs, variations in age and the time women were living at the shelters were considered. All FGDs were he

SUBMITTER: Makuch MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604314 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature