Project Description
Forced migration is a pressing global health concern affecting over 115 million people worldwide.1 Uprooted from their homes to escape persecution, conflict-related human rights violations, and/or effects of climate change and/or natural disasters (e.g., drought and extreme flooding), forced migration can also include being coerced or rendered dependent during and after migration processes.1 Over half of populations forced to migrate are women and girls.2 Being forced to migrate has devastating impacts on women’s health due to combined effects of structural gender-based violence (GBV), racial discrimination, and socioeconomic status. Human and sex trafficking, climate change-incited violence, digital exclusion, and forced marriage are among these effects leading to irreparable and chronic health consequences. Using intersectionality-framed community-based approaches, we work within the nexus of health and settlement services to contribute to women’s health and well-being.
KxMob
- Presentation: Women impacted by forced migration & connecting to systems in Canada
- Presentation: Women Impacted by Forced Migration: A Community-Academic Research Partnership
- Community-led knowledge mobilization project: Tying it back to women – English
- Community-led knowledge mobilization project: Tying it back to women – Farsi
- Community-led knowledge mobilization project: Tying it back to women – Spanish
- Community-led knowledge mobilization project: Tying it back to women – Tigrinya
- Community-led knowledge mobilization project: Tying it back to women – Ukrainian
Conference Presentations:
Kassam, S., Ospina, D., Larrivée, M., Lam, J., Bale, A. (2024, November). Oral Workshop. “The Roadshow”: A meaningful mobilization of community-academic project findings on women impacted by intersections of gender, race, migration, and class.” Pathways to Prosperity Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Kassam, S., Ospina, D., Lam, J., & Bale, A. (2024, October). Oral Workshop. “Experiences of accessing services among women impacted by forced migration: A cross-sectoral community-academic partnership project.” Metropolis Canada, Social Determinants of Health, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Kassam, S. & Bungay, V. (2024, April). Oral presentation. “Merging settlement service and nursing expertise: Partnering to promote health among women living at the intersections of gender-basedviolence, race and migrant status.” Community Health Nurses of Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
Kassam, S. & Bungay, V. (2024, April). Oral presentation. “The power of community partnerships:Conversations with community health nursing researchers on advancing equity.” Community Health Nurses of Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
Kassam, S., Ospina, D., Larrivée, M., Bale, A. (2023, November). Oral workshop. “Experiences ofaccessing services among women impacted by forced migration: Findings and take-aways from across-sectoral community-based research project.” Pathways to Prosperity Canada, Montreal, Quebec.
Ospina, D., Kassam S., Morrison, A., Bungay., V. (2023, November). Poster presentation. Cross-sectoral partnerships: Insights on community-based research collaborations toward innovative service provision solutioning. Pathways to Prosperity Canada, Montreal, Quebec.
Funded By
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Michael Smith Health Research BC
UBC School of Nursing Lyle Creelman Endowment in Public Health
References:
1. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR]. (2024). Figures at a glance. https://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html.
2. UNHCR. (2024). Safeguarding individuals: Women. https://www.unhcr.org/women.html.