Marriage Migrants' Way out of Intimate Partner Violence

with regards to family reunification
3.3.4. Counteracting IPV: a national norm in line with European and international norms
3.3.5. Facing IPV and migration rules: the hardship case and its limits
3.4. At the interweavement of the private and the public sphere
Chapter 4 Methodology
4.1. Considering available numerical data
4.1.1. European Union: Violence against women, an EU-wide survey (2014)
4.1.2. France: ENVEFF (2000), TeO (2010) and VIRAGE (2017)
4.1.3. Germany: Lebenssituation, Sicherheit und Gesundheit von Frauen in Deutschland. Studie (2004) and its secondary analysis Gesundheit - Gewalt -Migration (2008)
4.1.4. Italy: Indagine multiscopo sulla Sicurezza delle donne (2007/08) and La violenza contro le donne dentro e fuori la famiglia (2015)
4.1.5. A comparative look into numerical data in France, Germany and Italy
4.2. The choice to use a qualitative method
4.3. Interviews
4.3.1. Semi-structured expert interviews
4.3.2. Interviews with concerned persons based on biographical narration
4.4. Ethnographical investigation, observation
4.5. A comparative perspective
4.6. The course of the study
4.6.1. A long-breathed and stony access to the field
4.6.2. Development of the research question, findings and hypothesis generation
4.7. Conditions and handling of the material
4.7.1. The researcher's role
4.7.2. Recording, notes, transcriptions and illustrative material
4.7.3. The question of anonymization
4.7.4. Language
4.7.5. Analysis


SECOND PART - Concerned marriage migrants' experience and its impact
Chapter 1 The types of situations and their effects
1.1. A general overview
1.2. When the residence status does not depend on the marriage
1.3. The way out of IPV with children and the question of the residence status after family reunification
1.4. The way out of IPV and the importance of the residence status in binational couples without children
1.5. Three other trajectories and strategies around the question of the residence status, IPV and the way out of it
1.5.1. Separation migration as a strategy - the case of Dina in France
1.5.2. Two strategies at different stages - the case of Lenka in Germany
1.5.3. Later way out of the relationship with children - the case of Maya
1.6. Transitional remarks
Chapter 2 Samira - her way out of violence in France
2.1. Her background as an Afghan refugee in Iran
2.2. A college graduate
2.3. Her marriage and her arrival in France
2.4. Precariousness and violence within the couple
2.5. A triple burden: violence, a status as a marriage migrant and a lost refugee status
2.6. A hard and fearful way out of violence and into an autonomous life
2.7. The shelter life
2.8. Language
2.9. Between professional devaluation and reconstruction
Chapter 3 Hasna - her way out of violence in Germany
3.1. Her background as a Moroccan working woman
3.2. Her two-year long-distance relationship via skype
3.3. Her marriage and her arrival in Germany
3.4. Violence and exploitation: facing IPV and domestic violence
3.5. Her way out of violence
3.6. Two shelters, two experiences: between support and pressure
3.7. Language
3.8. The expulsion letter: facing administrative violence
3.9. 'Shall I get married again?' - Own strategies which illustrate the tense relationship between the private and the public sphere and the precariousness as a concerned marriage migrant
Chapter 4 Parallels and differences in the narration of the experience
4.1. Types of violence present in those constellations
4.2. Obstacles and perspectives when choosing the way out that violence
4.2.1. Facing fear
4.2.2. Perceptions on the role of help services: friend or superior?
4.2.3. Getting out of precariousness and into an autonomous life
4.3. A discussion around 'the victim'
4.3.1. Twice a victim: the victim on the path of intersection
4.3.2. The strong victim, and not only a victim
4.3.4. The role of help structures on the way out of victimhood


THIRD PART - The interweavement of the private and the public sphere
Chapter 1 Help structures as the place in between
1.1. European context and help structures
1.2. Help structures and the financial question
1.3. Organizational landscapes in France, Germany and Italy - inner structure, scope, limits and offers
1.3.1. The inner life of help structures - an example of a women's shelter
1.3.2. Shelters between accessibility and anonymity, between distance, proximity and protection
1.3.3. Language, origins and identification: community-based and other specialized help structures
1.3.4. Language and leisure activities
1.3.5. Space for concerned men?
1.3.6. Accompaniment, psychological help and legal advice in shelters and information centers
1.3.7. Limited number of intake capacity in women's shelters
1.4. Their link between help structures and the public sphere: cooperation or administrative violence?
1.4.1. Their interaction with the police, the Court and administration in a situation of IPV against marriage migrants
1.4.2. A trained police
1.4.3. Facing administrative violence?
1.4.4 The question of the proof and health issues
1.4.5. The long process towards Court decisions
1.4.6. An example of good practice?
1.5. Political activism
Chapter 2 Limits at the scope of action, and: concerned migrant women build their own bridges
2.1. Getting married again or becoming pregnant as a strategy
2.2. Getting a stable residence permit through work
2.3. Solidarity between concerned women within and outside of help structures
2.4. The way out of IPV outside of a shelter - the example of Dina


CONCLUSION
I. A multi-levelled context
II. The value of the mobilized approaches and methods
III. Outcomes IV. Perspectives BibliographyAbbreviations


Appendix
I. Interviews with concerned persons - The sample
II. Expert interviews - The sample
III. Thematic guideline for biographical interviews with concerned persons
IV. Interview guideline for semi-structured expert interviews (example of expert interviews in help structures and women's shelters)
V. Example of a document in a help service to get information about the concerned woman who arrives there, and her needs