ArticleGlobal public health2016
Intimate partner violence and forced migration during pregnancy: Structural constraints to women's agency.
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- Pathways between intimate partner violence and HIV care and treatment during pregnancy and postpartum: A qualitative study in southwestern Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya.Archives of sexual behavior · 2017Article
- Information Needs During Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors in Afghan Pregnant Migrant Women in Iran.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- Structural constraints and migrant agency as intersecting influences on pregnant and parenting asylum-seeking women's sexual, reproductive, and mental health during forced migration: A qualitative study at the Mexico-US border.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Little is known about migration during pregnancy related to intimate partner violence (IPV). In this paper, we examine issues of agency in relation to pregnant women's migrations in a high HIV prevalence area of Kenya. We qualitatively explored forced migration among pregnant women, using data from in-depth interviews, focus groups and IPV screening forms. To quantitatively examine migration during pregnancy, we analysed data from a prospective study of 614 pregnant women. The qualitative data revealed that women had varied responses to violence in pregnancy, with some being able to leave the marital home voluntarily as a strategy to escape violence. Others were 'sent packing' from their marital homes when they dared to exercise autonomy, in some cases related to HIV status. Quantitative analyses revealed that pregnant women who migrated were more educated, less likely to be living with a partner and had fewer children than other women. Migration among pregnant women in Kenya illustrates the complexity of understanding women's agency in the context of IPV. The findings indicate that there is not a dichotomy between 'victim' and 'agent', but rather a complex dynamic between and within pregnant women, who may sequentially or simultaneously experience aspects of victimhood and/or agentic response.
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