Global Perspectives on SRHR and Migration
Our Research
The research theme Global Perspectives on SRHR and Migration examines how sexuality, sexual and reproductive health and rights are shaped at the intersection of global processes, migration, and institutional practices. By studying normative conflicts, unequal access to healthcare and rights, as well as the experiences of both professionals and service users, the research contributes to a deeper understanding of how SRHR is negotiated and enacted across different contexts.
The projects within this theme combine empirical analyses with critical and theoretical perspectives, with a particular focus on issues related to healthcare, legal rights, identity, prevention, and support interventions in the context of migration and global inequalities.
Migration, Global Sexual Health, and Unequal Access to Healthcare
This theme focuses on how migration and global inequalities shape access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as well as how healthcare and support services can be developed for migrants and other vulnerable groups. Particular attention is paid to professional practices, care encounters, and trauma-informed care.
- Developing and adapting care and treatment for women with experiences of war, torture, and forced migration. (Marie Karlsson and Charlotta Holmström.)
- Validation and trauma-informed care for Indigenous women exposed to sexual violence. (Charlotte Petersson.)
- Can quality healthcare improve health and prevent female genital mutilation? (Camilla Palm, Malin Jordal, and colleagues.)
- Access to SRHR among young people with migration experiences: Strategies to improve access to sexual and reproductive healthcare. (Nada Amroussia and Catrine Andersson.)
Migration, Body Norms, and Changing Global Sexual Health
This theme explores how understandings of the body, sexuality, and reproduction are renegotiated through migration and integration processes. It examines how norms are transformed through encounters between different cultural and social contexts, and how these changes affect individuals' experiences and opportunities for agency.
- Migration and integration in relation to changing body perceptions and attitudes toward female circumcision/female genital mutilation. (Camilla Palm.)
- Young LGBTQI people and migration: Experiences of identity and sexuality before, during, and after migration. (Camilla Ivarsson.)
- Support materials for discussions with young people about female circumcision/female genital mutilation. (Camilla Palm.)
Migration, Global Sexual Health, Policy, and Knowledge
This theme focuses on how global sexual health and rights are shaped through policy, legislation, and expert knowledge in migration-related contexts. Particular attention is given to the interplay between medicine and law, as well as the intended and unintended consequences of different forms of governance.
- Medical evidence in court: Legal certainty and the use of medical reports in cases of suspected female genital mutilation. (Lotta Wendel and Sara Johnsdotter.)
- From Hospital Bed to Courtroom: Medical expertise and the unintended consequences of policies and legislation against female genital mutilation. (Sara Johnsdotter and Lotta Wendel.)
