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Item Diagnosis domestic violence : making the connection between violence and health(2020-05) Jeffery, Marissa; Greenberg, SherriIn the United States, domestic violence is a legal problem with profound health consequences. This paper explores the precise nature of those health consequences, which can be both long-term and short-term. In addition to causing physical and mental health problems, one of the ways that perpetrators of domestic violence exercise coercive control is by controlling their partners’ access to healthcare. Reproductive coercion, an emerging focus of research and advocacy, is explored here as one manifestation of domestic violence. Because of the multifold ways that the legal and healthcare aspects of domestic violence are connected, a type of organization called a medical-legal partnership (MLP) is uniquely positioned to holistically aid survivors of domestic violence who need both legal and medical remediesItem The Domestic Violence Act : Ghana's bright future(2012-12) Morris, Jennifer N.; Westbrook, Lynn; Westbrook, Lynn; Busch-Armendariz, NoelThe Domestic Violence Act was passed in Ghana in 2007 marking a shift in the legal recourse available to survivors of intimate partner violence. The goal of my research is to identify the social, cultural, and legal changes that have occurred in Accra, Ghana and the surrounding areas since the passage of the DV Act. While in Ghana I spoke with men and women who were involved in the struggle to get the bill passed, as well as NGO employees and government officials who have seen men and women utilize the legal rights that the bill provides. I wanted to learn as much as I could about the cultural complexities of Ghana that continue to make the eradication of intimate partner violence so difficult. In the end, I hope that my research will add to a growing understanding of what is most lacking in the fight to attenuate the deleterious effects of intimate partner violence, so that advocates will be better able to truly implement the DVA’s emancipatory qualities. I also hope that the study will be a catalyst to promote continued education and invigorate activism. Methodologically, I used qualitative research tenets, utilizing in depth interviews and emergent coding. Results show how socio-culturally informed gendered attitudes and norms heavily impact the implementation of and enforcement of legal frameworks within communities. Findings also aid in a better understanding of the factors that surround violence against women in Ghana, and help explain how such factors are interrelated and mutually reinforcing.Item Domestic violence in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community(2010-08) Pal, Hoimonti; Awad, Germine H.; Sherry, AlissaDomestic violence is considered a serious health and social problem in the United States and around the world. Annually, domestic violence costs in the U.S. are estimated at 8.3 billion dollars. Domestic violence issues first came to modern attention with the women’s movement of the 1970’s. Much of the literature focuses on domestic violence within heterosexual relationships. There has not been much attention directed towards domestic violence in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. This report reviews information about domestic violence, its causes, theories, and how domestic violence affects individuals in the LGBT community.Item Domestic violence on undocumented Latina women in Texas(2015-05) Higuera Florez, Silvia Andrea; Alves, Rosental C.; Bock, Mary A.Domestic violence is a steadily growing problem and a source of major concern all over the country. Texas is not the exception, and, not surprisingly, different organizations have advocated for the adoption of resolutions declaring freedom from domestic violence as a human right. The City of Austin Council and Travis County adopted resolutions of this kind in 2014. Even though the topic has captured the attention of authorities, the situation is more complicated when it comes to undocumented Latina women, since they are forced to face other obstacles alongside being in an abusive situation. Such obstacles are the difficulties of accessing the legal system because of their lack of knowledge, or because of language barriers -- all circumstances occurring in a context of fear and threats by the perpetrator of the violence. In some cases, women and children are abused by United States citizens or legal permanent residents, who take advantage of their legal status and protection that the women and children lack. This report tells the stories of some women in Texas and tries to raise awareness of this matter within the community. The report also explains different legal remedies the women can use, such as the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), through which they may obtain lawful permanent residency.Item Jaime "Mujahid" Fletcher Interview(2022-01-25) Institute for Diversity & Civic Life; Department of Religious StudiesThis interview is with Jaime “Mujahid” Fletcher, founder of IslamInSpanish. Jaime shares about his youth, during which he was involved in gang activity in Alief then developed his value of education in Colombia. After his conversion to Islam at twenty-three, Jaime began to translate Islamic literature and thought into Spanish so his Latino family and community could better understand Islam. Jaime goes on to describe the growth of IslamInSpanish from its inception as a family project to its current state as a vibrant community in the Centro Islamico in Alief. He also discusses the social justice projects IslamInSpanish is involved in and shares his advice for working toward social change.Item Jessica Disla Interview(2022-02-25) Institute for Diversity & Civic Life; Department of Religious StudiesThis interview is with Jessica Disla, a member of the IslamInSpanish community and an aspiring teacher. Jessica talks about growing up and family dynamics in a Dominican-American family in Dominican Republic and New York City. She shares her journey in her career and education and is currently working towards her bachelor’s in education in order to teach ESL. She discusses spiritual seeking and asking difficult questions about religion, and how her curiosity eventually led to IslamInSpanish and her conversion to Islam. Jessica describes her love for the IslamInSpanish community and the many ways she participates in it.Item Latifah Hameen Interview(2021-12-22) Institute for Diversity & Civic Life; Department of Religious StudiesThis interview is with Latifah Hameen, a life/relationship coach and domestic violence awareness advocate in Sachse, TX. Latifah describes her education and family life growing up Catholic in Milwaukee, WI. She talks about her conversion to Islam at twenty-one, her family’s acceptance of the change, and the ways in which Islam influences her morality and actions. She discusses her activism in domestic violence awareness, which includes several published books and life and relationship coaching. Latifah also tells of her life as an educator, including the years of teaching and tutoring she has done with Muslim youth.Item Men’s experience of abuse in intimate partnerships : impact and implications(2011-05) Gonzalez, Jarod Joshua; Rochlen, Aaron B.; Busch-Armendariz, NoelMen who experience abuse in their relationships can undergo emotional hardships, suffer injuries, and can experience various psychological problems. Cultural gender norms create barriers in receiving the appropriate help men need. Large population based studies show that men do in fact experience incidents of physical and emotional abuse yet men are often overlooked in the domestic violence literature. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important societal problem that needs to be evaluated and addressed for both genders, even if women are the primary victims of IPV. This report will present research regarding the prevalence of female-perpetrated abuse and discuss implications within the literature. The impact and consequences IPV has on men will be reviewed as well as barriers men face in getting help. New questions will be posed that need addressing and practical implications will be provided for researchers and mental health practitioners.Item Ora Houston Interview(2022-04-06) Institute for Diversity & Civic Life; Department of Religious StudiesThis interview is with Ora Houston, a long-time civil servant and former city council member in Austin, TX. Ora describes the influences of her early life, like her mother’s social work, her education, experiencing Jim Crow segregation, and her exposure to and choice of religion. She talks about her involvement in the Episcopal church as a lay leader and how her religious convictions influence her work to uplift the voices of underrepresented people. She discusses her years of civil service and her four-year term in the Austin city council representing District One.Item Racialized gendered violence : ‘domestic’ violence, black women and genocide in Brazil(2014-05) Mann Carey, Alysia Loren; Smith, Christen A., 1977-; Smith, Christen A.Although some analyses of genocide in Brazil consider the intersectionality of race, gender and class, few address the ways in which heteropatriarchy and sexism also impact women’s experiences with anti-black violence and terror. In order to better understand anti-black genocide in Brazil, we must take into account black women's multiple gendered and sexualized experiences with this violence. As a result, this thesis explores black women’s experiences with domestic violence as a form of anti-Black genocide. This contention, through an analysis of my fieldwork in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador in the summer of 2013 as well as my engagement with Black Brazilian feminist theory, argues that domestic violence against Black women occurs at both a macro and micro level. Essentially, State violence against Black women is domestic violence writ large. Micro-sites of domestic violence against black women, typified by inter-personal violence, are not isolated manifestations. Instead, they are extensions of macro-state processes of domestic violence. In other words, we must read inter-personal violence against black women as part of the continuum of the state’s racialized, gendered, sexualized violence against the broader black community.Item “Salía de uno y me metí en otro” : a grounded theory approach to understanding the violence-migration nexus among Central American women in the United States(2015-07-27) Heffron, Laurie Cook; Busch-Armendariz, Noël Bridget; Armour, Marilyn; Padilla, Yolanda C; Snyder, Susanna; Torres, Rebecca MThe Northern Triangle of Central America is the bridge to North America – a bridge on which human crises wrought by violence and exploitation make indelible marks on migrating women. Women fleeing violence and abuse in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras face trauma and adversity during the journey through Mexico and into the U.S. Motivations to find safety and economic security are woven into the vulnerabilities and the strengths of migrating women. Research has not adequately explored how domestic and sexual violence impact and are impacted by migration, how women respond to risks, nor the role of motherhood in the face of violence. Grounded in feminist and transnational frameworks, this study used constructivist grounded theory to explore the violence-migration nexus. In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 adult women recently migrated to the U.S. from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Findings include textual accounts of women’s motivations to migrate, migration decision-making, travel logistics, and exposure to danger. The study yielded rich description of multiple types of violence encountered by women, as precipitating factors for migration, during border-crossing, and following arrival in the U.S., including sexual, domestic, gang, and state violence. These data reveal ways that types of violence are interconnected across multiple categories of violence and throughout migration. Findings also include thematic analysis of ways women weigh risks of migrating, resistance and shared survival strategies, in addition to motherhood in the context of violence. Analysis and interpretation of interactions among thematic elements result in a provisional theoretical framework to describe the violence-migration nexus encountered by Central American migrant women, reflecting a series of attempts to escape danger only to land in a new dangerous situation, with new backdrops of micro, meso, and macro-level factors of violence and new landscapes of solidarity and resistance strategies. This study fills gaps in the depth of our understanding about the violence-migration nexus as it pertains to Central American migrant women and provides scaffolding with which to continue improving policy, practice, and advocacy responses to women and families, in the context of ever-changing dynamics of migration and shifting political landscapes.Item Therapeutic assessment for survivors of intimate partner violence(2014-12) Broyles, Susan Elizabeth; Sherry, Alissa RèneSurvivors of intimate partner violence often suffer from a number of serious aftereffects, but current prevalent treatments lack effectiveness for this population. Along with typical trauma symptoms such as avoidance and constriction, other common challenges unique to survivors include a loss of sense of self, negative self-appraisal, and a lack of self- efficacy. Therapeutic Assessment is well-suited to this population due to its potential for helping clients to replace distorted beliefs about the self with more adaptive ones, engaging clients as equals, and helping clients to form cohesive life narratives. The proposed study will measure the effectiveness of this approach with three to five subjects using a time-series design. Subjects will provide daily ratings of their personal experiences evaluating five areas of concern, three to be shared across subjects and two tailored to the priorities of each specific participant. The resulting indices will be tested using Simulation Modeling Analysis (SMA), controlling for autocorrelation using the Lag 1 correlation, to see whether statistically significant changes occur in the desired directions.Item What are they saying : content analysis of domestic violence messaging via Twitter(2015-05) Cicatello, Grace Ann; Stout, Patricia A.Domestic violence is a pervasive socio-economic issue. This exploratory research studied the relationship between Twitter and conversations about domestic violence, and what the relationship might indicate for future communication efforts. A random sample of tweets were collected and analyzed via SAS Text Miner. Results showed that Twitter is perceived as a news information source per uses and gratifications theory, which discouraged personal disclosure of experience with domestic violence. As such conversations about domestic violence on Twitter were more civic and legal in nature, indicating that Twitter is being utilized more as an agenda setting platform with messages being carefully framed depending on intended audience.