“Jag tror inte att folk förstår hur stort det här är, och hur utsatta de här kvinnorna är” En kvalitativ studie om mäns våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer, kvinnojourers arbete under Covid-19 pandemin och deras resurser
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
"I don't think people understand the extent of this, and how vulnerable these women are" A qualitative study concerning men's violence against women in intimate relationships, women's shelters work during the Covid-19 pandemic and their resources (English)
Abstract [en]
Domestic violence is a huge societal problem and women are the most exposed group. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic there were many who said that the vulnerability of women would enhance and that it would lead to an increase of workload at the women’s shelters. This thesis is illustrating the experiences of violence against women in relationships among the coworkers at the women’s shelter during the pandemic. The thesis also investigates how the day-to-day work has been for the co-workers. Furthermore, the focus in this study lies in how the setup for resources and financing is for the women’s shelter and whether it is sufficient in situations of crisis. This is a qualitative study performed via semi structured interviews with co-workers at women’s shelters in Sweden. The conclusions of the study indicate that there is a trend towards an increasing level of violence in relations towards women. The resources are not sufficient to cover the needs at the women’s shelter, the women’s shelters have not been required to make any special adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic, besides to start up new contact forums so that victims of violence can reach assistance.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022.
Keywords [en]
Covid-19, domestic violence, women’s shelter, crisis, financing, resource
Keywords [sv]
Covid-19, våld i nära relation, kvinnojour, krissituation, finansiering, resurs
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-114711OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-114711DiVA, id: diva2:1675200
Educational program
Social Work Study Programme, 210 credits
Supervisors
Examiners
2022-06-282022-06-222022-06-28Bibliographically approved