García-León, A.; Granero-Molina, J.; Jiménez-Lasserrotte, M.D.M. Sub-Saharan Irregular Migrant Women’s Sexuality: A Qualita-Tive Study in Humanitarian Reception Centers Title. Preprints2024, 2024041193. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1193.v1
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García-León, A., Granero-Molina, J., & Jiménez-Lasserrotte, M.D.M. (2024). Sub-Saharan Irregular Migrant Women’s Sexuality: A Qualita-Tive Study in Humanitarian Reception Centers Title. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1193.v1
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García-León, A., José Granero-Molina and María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte. 2024 "Sub-Saharan Irregular Migrant Women’s Sexuality: A Qualita-Tive Study in Humanitarian Reception Centers Title" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1193.v1
Abstract
Irregular female migration to Europe is a growing phenomenon, as more and more women are fleeing their countries of origin due to gender inequality and violence. During the migration process, women experience physical, psychological and social problems that affect their sex lives. The aim of our study is to describe and understand how irregular migrant wom-en living in humanitarian reception centers experience their sexuality at different stages of the migration process. This qualitative phenomenological study collected data through a sixteen in-depth interviews with irregular migrant women between January and February 2023. Data anal-ysis was carried out using ATLAS-ti 23.0 software, from which three themes were extracted: 1) The sexual reality of sub-Saharan women, 2) In search of a better life: take the risk or surrender, and 3) The migrant sexual revolution. The sexual reality of sub-Saharan women is subject to a complex normative order. The migratory process has severe consequences on migrant women's sex life. The sexual needs of irregular migrant women admitted to humanitarian reception cen-ters undergo a process of change that must be understood by healthcare providers in order to make improvements to care provision.
Keywords
Irregular Migrant Women; Qualitative Research; Reception Centers; Sexuality; Sex Education.
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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