Naslov
Gender Asymmetries and Homelessness in Croatia

Autori
Šikić-Mićanović, Lynette ; Geiger, Marija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Međunarodna konferencija Ljudska prava žena : Razvoj na međunarodnoj i nacionalnoj razini 30 godina nakon usvajanja UN-ove Konvencije o uklanjanju svih oblika diskriminacije žena (Annales Pilar 2010. ) : Knjiga sažetaka = Book of abstracts / Radačić, Ivana ; Vince Pallua, Jelka ; Anić, Jadranka Rebeka ; Šikić - Mićanović, Lynette - Zagreb : Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, 2010, 52-53

Skup
Međunarodna konferencija Ljudska prava žena : Razvoj na međunarodnoj i nacionalnoj razini 30 godina nakon usvajanja UN-ove Konvencije o uklanjanju svih oblika diskriminacije žena

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 26.05.2010. - 28.05.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
homelessness; homeless women; gender asymmetries; socialisation; labour market; homeless shelters; social welfare system; stigmatization

Sažetak
Homelessness is often understood and defined as a “male phenomenon” that disregards the remarkable complexity and dimensionality of this phenomenon. This paper presents and analyses the life narratives and experiences of homeless women living in homeless shelters in three Croatian cities (Zagreb, Osijek and Split). Results obtained on the basis of in-depth interviews indicate their paths to homelessness and their actual strategies of survival in their endeavours to resolve their multifaceted problems. The aim of this paper, based on analysis of their life stories, is to present the gender asymmetries that the participants of this study have had to face at different periods of their life in different social contexts. Specifically, in this paper, gender asymmetries are differentiated into three crucial spheres: 1) socialisation processes during youth (dysfunctional families, exposure to violence, patriarchal upbringing…) and their perpetuation in adulthood (domestic violence, single parenthood…) ; 2) in the labour market where their subordinate position was conditioned partially by the “(post)transitional drama”, and in other ways by their sex, age, level of education and health status ; and finally 3) in shelters for homeless people that are gender desensitised spaces, in particular, spaces that are insensitive to the specific needs that women have in shelters (e.g., a need for separate dormitories, improved hygiene conditions, professional staff, possibilities of being with their children). Regardless of these hardships, the participants in this study attempt in different ways to exit the vicious circle of homelessness. Evidently, there are crises and problems within the Croatian social welfare system ; gendered differences in homelessness experiences as well as gender stereotypes and prejudices that stigmatise socially disadvantaged and deprived populations in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

Napomena
Rad je nastao u okviru međunarodnog projekta "The Gendered Experiences of Homelessness in Croatia"

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