Lessons of Survival: Exploring the Social Networks and Coping Mechanisms of Chin Refugee Women in Delhi
Year: 2019
Type: article
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.
Authors: Paula Jops, Caroline Lenette, Jan Breckenridge
Institution: UNSW Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2910115673