The Gendered Nature of Security in El Salvador: Challenges for Community-Oriented Policing
Autor/in:
Rojas Ospina, Erika Julieta
Quelle: Journal of Human Security, 15 (2019) 2, S 70-84
Inhalt: With the purge of the Military Forces and the creation of a new National Civilian Police (PNC) as mandated by the 1992 Peace Accords, El Salvador set the stage for the construction of a less state-oriented security approach. However, a failure to question issues of security and a lack of consideration of gender in the Peace negotiations and the Security Reform resulted in an overly gendered understanding of security, were the State remained as its subject and the practice privileged a militarized masculinity that has hindered the implementation of democratic policing. In this context, 25 years after the Peace Accords, the police have been unable to consolidate a democratic policing practice as oppressive policing strategies remain deeply embedded in the institution, side-by-side with heavy-handed measures that use repression to control social violence. From a feminist critical security approach, the article questions the gendered nature of security in El Salvador, and investigates the implication of the introduction of militaries into the work of the police, in terms of its symbolic influence in the gendered expectations of police men and women, and the practical impact it has on their work, e.g., the difficulty of consolidating Community-Oriented Policing. The argument is based on interviews and focus groups with police men and women, as well as with feminist organizations. The information was gathered during fieldwork in 2018 and 2019, and through extensive literature review.
Schlagwörter:El Salvador; El Salvador; menschliche Sicherheit; human security; gender-specific factors; Polizei; police; Mittelamerika; Central America; Community-Oriented Policing
SSOAR Kategorie:Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Individual or Structural Inequality? Access and Barriers in Welfare Services for Women Who Sell Sex
Autor/in:
Brunovskis, Anette; Skilbrei, May-Len
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3, S 310-318
Inhalt: It is often taken for granted that women who sell sex are vulnerable, that welfare services can and should alleviate this vulnerability, and as such, being defined as ‘vulnerable’ can be beneficial and associated with special rights that would otherwise be inaccessible. At the same time, ongoing debates have demonstrated that establishing individuals and groups as vulnerable tends to mask structural factors in inequality and has negative consequences, among them an idea that the path to ‘non-vulnerability’ lies in changing the ‘afflicted’ individuals or groups, not in structures or in addressing unequal access to resources. In this article, we take this as a starting point and discuss challenges for the welfare state in meeting the varied and often complex needs of sex sellers. Based on qualitative research with service providers in specialised social and health services in Norway, we examine access and barriers to services among female sex sellers as well as how vulnerability is understood and shapes what services are available. An important feature of modern prostitution in Norway, as in the rest of Western Europe, is that sex sellers are predominantly migrants with varying migration status and corresponding rights to services. This has influenced the options available to address prostitution as a phenomenon within the welfare state and measures that have previously been helpful for domestic women in prostitution are not easily replicated for the current target population. A starting point in a theoretical understanding that considers vulnerability to be a human predicament (rather than the exception to the rule or a deficit in individuals or groups) allows for a discussion that highlights the centrality of structural conditions rather than a need for change in the individual. In order to understand the limitations of the welfare state in addressing modern prostitution as such, it is highly relevant to look at the structural origin of vulnerabilities that may look individual.
Schlagwörter:Norwegen; Norway; Prostitution; prostitution; Vulnerabilität; vulnerability; Menschenhandel; slave trade; Migration; migration; Ungleichheit; inequality; soziale Unterstützung; social support; Gesundheitsfürsorge; health care services; Sozialpolitik; social policy; service access
Female bodies adrift: violation of the female bodies in becoming a subject in the western media
Autor/in:
Parikka, Tuija
Quelle: Media and Communication, 6 (2018) 2, S 158-167
Inhalt: This article focuses on how the violation of female bodies in the case of mass harassment of women is rendered intelligible by the Western media and the refugees. Violation of female bodies is approached as a site for politicizing possibilities of becoming a subject in the Western media. Informed by Deleuzian notion of "becoming" and the subjectivation of the refugees, I argue that the understanding of "violation" is a central component in contributing to possibilities of becoming affirmed as a subject in the Western media. Empirical material subjected to critical text analysis includes a key text form the Finnish daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and refugee interviews. The analysis suggests that the repression of irreducible conceptions of "violation", and the subsequent erasure of the uncertainty of a "self" in the process of becoming, yields to offering possibilities of becoming primarily in Western terms and the affirmation of Western ideological certainty in understanding mass harassment of European women by the refugees.
Schlagwörter:westliche Welt; Western world; Medien; media; woman; Körper; body; Subjektivität; subjectivity; sexuelle Belästigung; sexual harassment; Flüchtling; refugee; Rechtsverletzung; violation of the law
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
SSOAR Kategorie:Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Kommunikationswissenschaften, Medieninhalte, Aussagenforschung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
Quelle: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, (2017) 77, S 56-65
Inhalt: In this research, we have studied the population of street children in Khorram Abad in Iran, in 2015, with the emphasis on the role of economic and legal factors forcing children to work on the streets. The results of this research show that the issue of child labor is the consequence of both global and local matters. These children are the products of the urban society, poverty, and cultural, legal, and local factors. The research method is a survey, and the statistical population is the street children, aged between 7 to 18 living in Khorram Abad, in 2015. The sample population chosen randomly includes 242 people, and the required information was gathered using the questionnaire and interview technique. In Khorram Abad, Lorestan, economic crisis and parents' misdemeanor are the two main factors that force the children to fill their fathers' missing place by working in the streets. But, gender factors such as being a boy, and cultural factors such as belonging to a specific tribe are influential in the howness of this phenomenon. In this article, we have attempted to use native sources for a better understanding of the local situation of the phenomenon, and have proposed a few solutions to alter the current situation.
Inference of feminist contemplation's in reduction of women victimization
Autor/in:
Chandrashekar, S.V
Quelle: BEST : International Journal of Humanities , Arts, Medicine and Sciences, 4 (2016) 12, S 63-70
Inhalt: There are many instances of crime especially against women go unreported in India. large number of dark figure crime index reflecting on country’s law and order situation, offences against women like domestic violence, Rape, sexual violence, Women Trafficking, Molestation, Murders, Dowry Deaths, and other violent crimes often impacting on society and they are seriously impacting on social condition. Women victim’s in this particular offences faces many problems throughout the investigation and criminal justice trail processes, law enforcement is more responsible in an investigation. In India some of the offences like Dowry system, child marriages, are still affecting the society; Most of this kind of offence is rarely known to other countries. Feminism in India has been high spot in the recent developments. In India there is need of the active participation of feminism, which will be more gainful in the prevention of Offences against Women. Regarding underscored factors, paper attempts to analyses the inference of Feminist organization, thoughts of feminism, in the reduction of Women Victimization, Rights of female victims and their role in criminal justice.
Schwierige Verhältnisse: Menschenhandelsopfer und Geschlecht in Gerichtsverfahren
Titelübersetzung:Difficult relations: how the gender of victims of trafficking in human beings affect
Autor/in:
Pates, Rebecca; Dölemeyer, Anne; Leser, Julia
Quelle: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 25 (2016) 1, S 24-38
Inhalt: "Das deutsche Strafrecht unterscheidet Menschenhandel zum Zweck der Arbeitsausbeutung von Menschenhandel zum Zweck der sexuellen Ausbeutung. Unsere Untersuchungen zeigen, dass das soziale Objekt 'Opfer von Menschenhandel' trotz geschlechtsneutraler Gesetzgebung in popkulturellen Narrativen aber auch in Praktiken der Rechtsprechung stark vergeschlechtlicht ist. An die Zeuginnen bzw. Zeugen werden geschlechtlich codierte Erwartungen herangetragen. Dies ist nicht einfach in einem Sexismus der RichterInnen begründet, sondern ein struktureller Effekt der Logik von Rechtsprechung und institutioneller Pfadabhängigkeiten. So werden Standardnarrative zum weiblichen, unschuldigen Opfer sexueller Ausbeutung in der Prostitution zum Deutungshorizont in Gerichtsverfahren, an dem die realen Personen, die als Geschädigte aussagen, gemessen werden. Zur Arbeitsausbeutung fehlen dagegen verfestigte Narrative, und die Unterstützung von Betroffenen ist weit weniger institutionell verankert. Fälle von Arbeitsausbeutung werden deutlich seltener angeklagt, und die Betroffenen erscheinen vorrangig als ökonomische Subjekte und häufiger als Mitschuldige. In beiden Fällen resultiert dies in einem Verschwinden von Opfern: Im einen Fall aufgrund der Überdeterminierung, im anderen Fall aufgrund von Unterbestimmung." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "German criminal law distinguishes between trafficking in human beings for the purpose of forced labour and for sexual exploitation. Though the language of the law is gender neutral, our research shows that 'victim of trafficking' as a social object is strongly gendered, both in standardized narratives about trafficking and in juridical practice. Courts and other institutional actors attending to witnesses in such trials work in accordance with strongly gendered expectations, not because of the sexism of individual judges, but due to the structural logic of German legal practice and institutional path dependency. Standardized narratives featuring feminine, innocent victims of sexual exploitation in prostitution structure the expectations of those who hear actual victim statements in trials, and affect how their statements are evaluated. Victims of labour exploitation reach the courts far less, and the victims are framed as economically interested subjects and often as active participants in their victimization. In both cases victims disappear: the one set of victims is over-, the other underdetermined, by expectation." (author's abstract)
Sociodemographic and reproductive factors of female prisoners
Titelübersetzung:Situação socioeconômica e reprodutiva de mulheres presidiárias
Autor/in:
Barros, Maria Aline Rodrigues; Cavalcanti, Sheyla Dayana Coelho; Galiza, Dayze Djanira Furtado de; Machado, Ana Larissa Gomes
Quelle: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8 (2016) 4, S 4980-4985
Inhalt: Objective: To describe the socioeconomic and reproductive profile of female prisoners. Method: The sample consisted of 47 female inmates of penitentiaries and Teresina peaks. For data collection a form prescribed by the researcher was used. Data were collected from July to August 2013, which were tabulated and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. Results: Showed a profile of young, unmarried women, who exercised occupation that required little skill, low education and income. Regarding reproductive health, 42,5% were multiparous, and 40,4% had less than six visits. The abortion rate was high, 42,5%. Conclusion: There was a need to plan educational strategies to prevent injuries to sexual and reproductive health of prisoners, being essential to the development of tactics to break down educational barriers and generate behavior change and promote self-care.
Schlagwörter:Strafgefangener; prisoner; Krankenpflege; nursing; Reproduktion; reproduction; Gesundheit; health; sozioökonomische Faktoren; socioeconomic factors; woman; Sexualität; sexuality; Körperverletzung; assault; Selbstversorgung; economic self-sufficiency; Verhalten; behavior; Brasilien; Brazil; Lateinamerika; Latin America; Südamerika; South America
SSOAR Kategorie:Medizinsoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Kriminalsoziologie, Rechtssoziologie, Kriminologie
Schwierige Verhältnisse: Menschenhandelsopfer und Geschlecht in Gerichtsverfahren
Titelübersetzung:Difficult relations: how the gender of victims of trafficking in human beings affect
Autor/in:
Pates, Rebecca; Dölemeyer, Anne; Leser, Julia
Quelle: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 25 (2016) 1, S 24-38
Inhalt: "Das deutsche Strafrecht unterscheidet Menschenhandel zum Zweck der Arbeitsausbeutung von Menschenhandel zum Zweck der sexuellen Ausbeutung. Unsere Untersuchungen zeigen, dass das soziale Objekt 'Opfer von Menschenhandel' trotz geschlechtsneutraler Gesetzgebung in popkulturellen Narrativen aber auch in Praktiken der Rechtsprechung stark vergeschlechtlicht ist. An die Zeuginnen bzw. Zeugen werden geschlechtlich codierte Erwartungen herangetragen. Dies ist nicht einfach in einem Sexismus der RichterInnen begründet, sondern ein struktureller Effekt der Logik von Rechtsprechung und institutioneller Pfadabhängigkeiten. So werden Standardnarrative zum weiblichen, unschuldigen Opfer sexueller Ausbeutung in der Prostitution zum Deutungshorizont in Gerichtsverfahren, an dem die realen Personen, die als Geschädigte aussagen, gemessen werden. Zur Arbeitsausbeutung fehlen dagegen verfestigte Narrative, und die Unterstützung von Betroffenen ist weit weniger institutionell verankert. Fälle von Arbeitsausbeutung werden deutlich seltener angeklagt, und die Betroffenen erscheinen vorrangig als ökonomische Subjekte und häufiger als Mitschuldige. In beiden Fällen resultiert dies in einem Verschwinden von Opfern: Im einen Fall aufgrund der Überdeterminierung, im anderen Fall aufgrund von Unterbestimmung." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "German criminal law distinguishes between trafficking in human beings for the purpose of forced labour and for sexual exploitation. Though the language of the law is gender neutral, our research shows that 'victim of trafficking' as a social object is strongly gendered, both in standardized narratives about trafficking and in juridical practice. Courts and other institutional actors attending to witnesses in such trials work in accordance with strongly gendered expectations, not because of the sexism of individual judges, but due to the structural logic of German legal practice and institutional path dependency. Standardized narratives featuring feminine, innocent victims of sexual exploitation in prostitution structure the expectations of those who hear actual victim statements in trials, and affect how their statements are evaluated. Victims of labour exploitation reach the courts far less, and the victims are framed as economically interested subjects and often as active participants in their victimization. In both cases victims disappear: the one set of victims is over-, the other underdetermined, by expectation." (author's abstract)
A unique indigenous justice delivery system of tribes of eastern Himalayan region of India
Autor/in:
Shukla, Kshitiz Kumar; Bhagawati, Kaushik; Jini, Doni; Sen, Amit
Quelle: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, (2015) 59, S 56-60
Inhalt: Almost all the tribes across the world have their own indigenous concept of rules, regulation and grievance redress system developed with the evolution of the community to maintain peace, justice and harmony. The indigenous people takes law as a way of life and understand it through experience and interactions. The objective of the current research was to study one unique justice delivery system to address non-criminal cases that cannot be dealt with normal procedure due to lack of evidence, witness and formal proof. The system is prevailing among the tribes of eastern Himalayan region of India. The phenomenological approach was used to study the system as it is in situ. The justice is delivered on the basis of unique system of decision making between two alternatives based on the shape of chicken liver. Involvement of spirituality and spirit make the system acceptable to both the complainant and defendant. The unique characteristic of the system is that it does not penalize the loser, instead the court pray for them and bless them for abiding the decision of the court in presence of the spirit. The justice delivery system aims to maintain harmony in the society as well as save the face of both the loser and winner. In the present system, the justice delivered may be not the just decision, but the loser accepts the decision considering it as the command of the god and spirit without keeping any grudges against the winner. The system demands participation of whole village irrespective of gender and ages, with fundamental aim of preserving the custom and hand down to the next generation.