Mkandawire-Valhmu Lucy, Stevens Patricia E
The College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA.
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2007 Oct-Dec;30(4):278-89. doi: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000300178.25983.e1.
In this study, we responded to the human rights challenges posed in Malawi by burgeoning poverty, rapid urbanization, lack of employment opportunity for women, and AIDS-related morbidity and mortality as they affect young women in domestic service. Through focus groups and individual interviews with 48 female domestic workers, we examined violence from a postcolonial feminist perspective. In this article, we tell the story of how we operationalized our feminist science and forged relationships with Malawian women to identify the jeopardy they face and make steps toward an emancipatory change. We highlight substantive findings, but direct our focus to methodology, theoretical grounding, and implications for nursing research undertaken with vulnerable populations in the Third World.
在本研究中，我们应对了马拉维出现的人权挑战，这些挑战包括贫困加剧、快速城市化、女性缺乏就业机会以及与艾滋病相关的发病率和死亡率，因为这些问题影响着从事家政服务的年轻女性。通过与48名家政女工进行焦点小组讨论和个人访谈，我们从后殖民女权主义视角审视了暴力问题。在本文中，我们讲述了我们如何将女权主义科学付诸实践，以及如何与马拉维女性建立关系，以识别她们面临的危险，并朝着解放性变革迈出步伐。我们突出了实质性研究结果，但将重点放在方法、理论基础以及对在第三世界弱势群体中开展的护理研究的启示上。
