{"id":35838,"date":"2023-10-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.wordpress.com\/?p=35838"},"modified":"2023-10-02T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:00:00","slug":"liberty-can-be-for-you-one-thing-and-for-me-something-different-muslim-womens-experiences-of-identity-and-belonging-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=35838","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Liberty can be for you, one thing, and for me, something different&#8221;: Muslim women&#8217;s experiences of identity and belonging in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Author(s)<\/strong> : Rachael Loxston, Liza Jachens<\/h3>\n<h3>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23668\/psycharchives.13162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23668\/psycharchives.13162<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Belonging and identity are fundamental human needs, with positive experiences closely correlated with affirmative mental health. This paper investigates how these concepts are experienced by Muslim women in Switzerland, a minority group targeted in the political campaign nicknamed the \u201cburka ban.\u201d There were two research questions: How do Muslim women construct their identity in Switzerland? How do Muslim women experience a sense of belonging in Switzerland? Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants, and data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Six themes were identified: religion as a public versus private identity, Islam and dressing modestly as expressions of gendered liberation, sharing a sense of Swiss identity through sameness, challenging dominant representations, impression management, and religious and cultural identity as psychological strengths. Participants used several strategies to construct a positive identity and experience belonging in response to negative representation. Findings are summarized in the form of recommendations for counselors working in Switzerland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong> Keywords<\/strong>: counseling, Muslim women, gendered islamophobia, identity, belonging, Switzerland<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author(s) : Rachael Loxston, Liza Jachens Source : https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23668\/psycharchives.13162 Abstract:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[739,7,37,281,92,151,152,9,82,259,148,555,154,116,411,177,168,201],"class_list":["post-35838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethnicity-languages-religion-arts","tag-739","tag-article","tag-attitudes-towards-migrants","tag-belonging","tag-country-of-origin","tag-cultural-identity","tag-discourse","tag-english-language","tag-ethnic-discrimination","tag-ethnicity","tag-gender","tag-intersectionality","tag-interviews","tag-muslims","tag-perception","tag-psychological-well-being","tag-religious-practice","tag-women"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}