Annassim collective reflection of women on domestic violence for immigrant women
Given that the proliferation of violence in Planetary assuming endless forms, the event features more 'puzzling of our time, the conflicts of identity and endless wars, ethnic and religious clashes and atrocities' of all kinds, and is increasing further the spread and the' amplify the micro-daily violence: assaults and rapes, sexual harassment on women and children, bullying and blackmail in the workplace, teenage bullying and crimes committed "for trivial reasons" ...
Our thoughts are linked to the experience accumulated over several years of cultural and political relationships and work with immigrant women, especially women from Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Palestine. The more we know these
and more women acquire the knowledge that, apart from the so-called forms of emancipation, which belong to us as inhabitants of the northern hemisphere, relatively
being subjected to violence, the differences between us and them are inconsistent.
Violence against women-as has been analyzed by many, is transversal to space, time and social conditions - for immigrants is to consider that whenever increasing hardship for the male-husband, increased violence in their comparisons both within the family that in countries with more difficulties (see Palestine with the deterioration of life with the Israeli occupation)
The stories of women migrants are the same as always for all women, with the aggravating circumstance that in a situation daily more difficult, the greater the aggression and the exercise of power of men over women and children. If
rape and aggression on the street are easily "visible" and "treats" for media operations, violence consumed within the domestic walls, not only is hidden but it is not an object of curiosity than any intellectual speculation, as
- does not create problems of public order
- does not affect the perception of security (social)
- touches the common sense that " wash your dirty linen at home "or" husband and wife do not put your finger
- Strengthens the common sense that takes all immigrants who bring violence and disorder etc etc
What women have approached immigration which
we refer is that of North Africa and the situation of these countries there appears patchy. Migrant women in Bologna are usually derived from agricultural areas, few large cities like Casablanca. The situation is different, therefore, their level of education, many are illiterate, how different is in them, attaccco tradition.
This also counts for a lot in the process of migration in relation to the other sex, in having sufficient resources to cope with difficulties.
What they tell us?
... barrel-scenes-husbands who beat their husbands who come home unhappy, and they pick on the wives, husbands who fail to comply with that claim ... who drink, get drunk that systematically and arrive at home in an altered state of mind - looking for other women outside the home with whom to have sex - which deny the money - which does not deal with children-that in the face of economic hardship - in spite of the jealousy pushing his wife to go out looking for work-money, that when the family situation is difficult to handle, some husbands run away without leaving a trace. In Sometimes it becomes very strong and violent conflict between husband and wife, and despite the difficulty in maintaining an established family, some men refuse to think of another wife, referring to polygamy ideal, although in some countries like Morocco is prohibited by law.
Some women found that while she was in Italy during the summer holidays, her husband married another woman to your country
- absolutely not true that the Arab women, even coming from a tradition of polygamy, quietly accepted that condition-
- suffers from being mixed up, ignored, de-private, confused. Suffer from increased economic difficulties, to be second ... in the sphere of affection and attention
- If they can overcome their inhibitions, religious dictates, prejudices, can-not always able to live freely. They are crushed by the prejudices of others and their attitude of contempt for men.
- If their man is an Italian, he is destabilized by the conduct "free" of women - Muslim, if he is a Muslim, he is ready to deplore and despise the woman in front of him and that does not recognize the behavior as similar to their mother, sister, etc
- Some Arab women are able to get divorced another man, with the difficulties mentioned above that also have an impact the children if she is still his mother.
- If you are pregnant, living alone the tragedy of an unwanted pregnancy and are often forced to resort to illegal abortions practiced by their countrymen. They are ashamed, afraid of being unmasked to use the services.
When the injury affects the behavior ..
The stories of immigrant women, also concern the existential reality in the countries of origin: prejudice, suspicion or probable relationship to clandestine loves ... well their relationship with the male.
F. 40 years - from Casablanca told us the terrible suspicions about her and the "rumors" spread by his cousin on his alleged affair with a neighbor who had seen a word of courtesy to her.
Her depression with nausea and vomiting, were mistaken for symptoms of pregnancy ... her father had driven away from home, while the first wife he had suggested a pelvic examination to avoid any suspicion.
ascertained the pristine virginity and diagnosed depression with overt anorexia and dizziness ... the waters are sedated. To our Moroccan friends has been the fear, humiliation, the memory of suffering, the conditioned reflex that any difficulties address the re-somatized symptoms appear: nausea vomiting dizziness.
L 'autonomy-the freedom of movement? - I need but not bursting
It' s always very difficult to manage their independence. Prevalent view that the husband has to safeguard livelihoods, a beautiful house, every material comfort. The job search is often a necessity, a compulsion by the excessive cost of living in Italy. Do not see a choice of economic independence.
The need for autonomy of action and thought is present in educated women, with a high level of culture and consciousness. Some began to be critical of marriage, and rebel against forced marriages but they do usually prevails the weight of tradition and the need -Search "of her husband and marriage" as a social construction and a tendency to assert its identity in the role of mother
What answers in political violence and the distress of women are not inevitable evils-
not willed by God - we can say that they are historically determined
What then, in operational terms?
Working for harm reduction and its elimination and that means, ultimately, change the conditions of life and relationships to a cultural transformation also
We have always maintained that the best allies of violence against women are the 'isolation the fear of loneliness.
Even foreign women have begun to emerge from the case-closed by the home-have begun to talk among themselves and with other women-to discover the pleasure and freedom of being "for women" in an environment marked by recognized them-they belong to
acquire moral force-culture-consciousness-knowledge-knowledge-
enriched with new relationships and find common forms of self-defense - self-
out of loneliness, even without the support network of relatives.
immigrant women find many places where you can find and help of the native and provides them with skill and confidence to face the difficulties' - KNOW BETTER PLACES AND SITUATIONS-SUPPORTING ROLE PARENTAL AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OTHER SEX IN A light that safeguards the dignity 'Mutual respect and autonomy
The cultural misinformation and VELO
Many news stories about violence on women's bodies were read as expression of backward culture-clash of civilizations-especially the religious fundamentalism of Islamic
... We think that violence against women is always the result of a domain-that of men running through the story without significant changes in times and places
We are convinced that the control over sexuality and women's bodies are not patriarchal resurgence but hidden in the folds of modernity - belong to the very foundations of political powers and institutional-knowledge on which human societies are built under any sky.
We believe that it is not by chance that in spite of reports and numbers, reports UN investigations, complaints, and other horrific forms of violence against women -
it always comes back to speak in a reductive and misrepresented the Islamic veil as a symbol more appropriate
to indicate the extent of separation - the civilization-emancipation-freedom ...
Continuing discourse began in the colonial times 800, which saw the VELO symbol of female oppression, and then the backwardness of Islam
Thus colonialism (to which the Islamic civilization was able to put up a resistance far greater than any other that has been directly invested by European domination), choosing the status of women as the main plot of comparison (emancipationist supported by feminism), has helped to strengthen the prison for Muslim women, making it the main banner of "tradition", for which any change in this area is yielding a foreign oppressor
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