Lessons of Survival: Exploring the Social Networks and Coping Mechanisms of Chin Refugee Women in Delhi. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jops, Paula; Lenette, Caroline; Breckenridge, Jan
• Is Part Of: Journal of immigrant & refugee studies. Volume 17:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 509
• Page End: 528
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Urban refugee women -- social networks -- social capital -- gender -- India; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Refugees -- United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Social work with immigrants -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.8753097305
• DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2018.1550230
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1556-2948

Abstract

Abstract: This article explores the influence of social networks and social capital on Chin refugee women as they negotiate survival in their country of first asylum, India. Findings indicate that the participants' social networks were vital for day-to-day survival, but they served as a means for short-term coping, rather than long-term adaptation. This is not to negate the importance of the resources; without the community knowledge, livelihood linkages, and support they received from other Chin refugees in Delhi, the situation for the participants would have been even more dismal and they would have been completely socially isolated.