Migrant Women, Their Rights There and Here: a qualitative interview study regarding the perception of migrant women's access to rights at their country of origin and country of destination
Abstract: This thesis is based on four interviews, two with individual migrant women and two with female representatives of Swedish women organisations. The purpose of the study is to; understand how the interviewed women perceive migrant women’s access to rights in Sweden and at their country of origin, with the help of Martha C. Nussbaum’s theory on central capabilities. The questions articulated in the question formulation are discussed throughout the analysis and are further discussed in connection to relevant prior research. The qualitative research interview cooperates with a qualitative content analysis, where the latter method is used to categorise perceptions in the interviews. In short the analysis discusses the interviewees perceptions of migrant women’s rights in connection to five of ten central capabilities as presented in the theory. Additionally, themes concerning the importance of social relationships, family, education, employment, freedom, safety and more are discussed as fundamental issues. The analysis shows perceptions of rights that measure different levels of provided capabilities and discusses them in relation to responsible actors.
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