[Central American migrants' sexual experiences and rights in their transit to the USA]. / Sexualidad del migrante: experiencias y derechos sexuales de centroamericanos en tránsito a los Estados Unidos.
Salud Publica Mex
; 55 Suppl 1: S58-64, 2013 Jul.
Article
in Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23918058
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To explore the causes and circumstances that determine the way in which migrants experience their sexuality and how this impacts their sexual rights. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Qualitative study conducted between April 2009 and July 2010 in Chiapas, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. We conducted 22 in-depth interviews to migrants in transit and to ten different key actors. For the analysis we used elements of grounded theory.RESULTS:
Migrants know and identify the risks they may encounter in their transit but have scarce access to services to effectively exercise their sexual and reproductive rights. Their vulnerability makes them internalize and accept the violence enacted on them as part of their destiny and as what they must suffer in order to reach the USA.CONCLUSIONS:
Violence, including sexual violence, determines much of the experiences of their transit through Mexico. Differences between groups and between male and female migrants are determined by gender inequalities and power.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sexual Behavior
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Transients and Migrants
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America central
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Mexico
Language:
Es
Journal:
Salud Publica Mex
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article