Abstract
The aim of this article is to map the Swedish context regarding men’s intimate partner violence against Sami women and (1) discuss what knowledge and perspectives that dominates that context, and (2) reflect upon possible starting points for meeting the need for knowledge. The outline shows that men’s intimate partner violence against Sami women is a blind spot in Sweden. Important aspects, such as human rights and colonialism, are neglected in the policy discourse. At the most, the policy discourse includes abused Sami women in the problematic category “particular vulnerable groups”. The author argues for a need to problematize if and how responsibility is taken for addressing and responding to the violence and suggests a postcolonial and intersectional approach that centers around how the imbalance of power and control runs through abused women’s experiences. Finally, the author highlights how such an approach also is a matter of indigenous research ethics.
Highlights
Men’s violence against women has been widely recognized in Sweden in gender equality policy and legal reforms since the mid-1990s
204 Monica Burman Men’s intimate partner violence against Sami women - a Swedish blind spot free choices regardless of sex, (2) that the Sami parliament has a broad scope of practice that appeals to and concern both men and women, and (3) that gender equality is an important part of the efforts to decolonize and strengthen the Sami people and Sami community
Knowledge about Sami womens experiences of violence and how the overall Sami community or the Swedish authorities respond to the violence is needed as well as a diversity of theoretical and contextual problematizations of law and policy
Summary
Men’s violence against women has been widely recognized in Sweden in gender equality policy and legal reforms since the mid-1990s. The Institute presented three general areas of development in the action plan: (1) education of staff within the municipal social services regarding gender-based violence and issues of treatment and support, (2) cooperation between the authorities and representatives from the national minority organizations to achieve better knowledge and understanding of ethnic diversity, and (3) spreading information about the minority groups to make these groups, as well as their right to their own language and culture, more visible in society. 204 Monica Burman Men’s intimate partner violence against Sami women - a Swedish blind spot free choices regardless of sex, (2) that the Sami parliament has a broad scope of practice that appeals to and concern both men and women, and (3) that gender equality is an important part of the efforts to decolonize and strengthen the Sami people and Sami community. Abusive men can use the legislation as a weapon to keep women in abusive relationships
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