Institute for Global Health, University College London, UK.
Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Law, Ethics and Humanities, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Glob Health Action. 2021 Jan 1;14(1):1927331. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1927331.
: Telling personal stories of violence has been central to recent advocacy efforts to prevent violence against women around the world. In this paper, we explore the use of personal storytelling as a form of activism to prevent femicide in Turkey. This study is part of a broader storytelling initiative called SHAER (Storytelling for Health: Acknowledgement, Expression and Recovery) to alleviate the psychological and emotional suffering of women who have experienced gender-based violence in high-prevalence settings.: We conceptually explore personal stories of violence as a form of both distributed agency and activism. This conceptual framework is used to answer the following research question in the Turkish context: How do women use their personal stories of interpersonal violence for their own benefit (support) and that of others (activism)?: Our study is based on 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews with women who have experienced violence and were purposefully recruited by the 'We Will End Femicide' Platform in Istanbul. Interviews were conducted between March and August 2019. We used inductive and deductive thematic analysis to identify instances of personal storytelling at three levels: intrapersonal, relational and collective.: Our results show how the use of personal storytelling can provide a means of healing from experiences of violence. However, this process is not linear and is often influenced by the surrounding context including: the listener of the story, their reaction, and what social networks the woman has to support her. In supportive social contexts, personal storytelling can be an effective support for activism against violence: personal stories can provide opportunities for individuals to shape broader discourses about violence against women and the right of women to share their stories.: Telling one's personal story of violence can both support women's agency and contribute to the collective struggle against violence against women more broadly.
: 将个人暴力故事讲述作为一种预防全世界针对妇女暴力的倡导工作的核心方式，近年来已成为主流。在本文中，我们探讨了将个人故事讲述作为一种预防土耳其境内杀害妇女行为的激进主义形式。本研究是名为 SHAER（健康叙事：承认、表达和恢复）的更广泛故事讲述倡议的一部分，旨在减轻在高发生率环境中经历性别暴力的妇女的心理和情感痛苦。: 我们从概念上探讨了将个人暴力故事讲述作为一种分布式代理和激进主义的形式。该概念框架用于回答土耳其背景下的以下研究问题：女性如何将其人际暴力的个人故事用于自身利益（支持）和他人利益（激进主义）？: 我们的研究基于对 20 名经历过暴力的女性的深入半结构化访谈，这些女性是由伊斯坦布尔的“我们将结束杀害妇女行为”平台有目的地招募的。访谈于 2019 年 3 月至 8 月之间进行。我们使用归纳和演绎主题分析来确定个人故事讲述在三个层面上的实例：个人、关系和集体。: 我们的研究结果表明，个人故事讲述的使用如何能够为从暴力经历中恢复提供一种手段。然而，这一过程并非线性的，往往受到周围环境的影响，包括：故事的倾听者、他们的反应以及女性拥有的支持她的社交网络。在支持性的社会环境中，个人故事讲述可以成为反对暴力的激进主义的有效支持：个人故事可以为个人提供机会，塑造更广泛的关于针对妇女暴力和妇女分享故事的权利的话语。: 讲述个人暴力故事不仅可以支持妇女的代理权，还可以为更广泛地反对针对妇女的暴力的集体斗争做出贡献。
