Failing ‘Abyan’, ‘Golestan’ and ‘the Estonian Mother’: Refugee Women, Reproductive Coercion and the Australian State
2018; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 36; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/02619288.2018.1471852
ISSN1744-0521
AutoresCatherine Kevin, Karen Agutter,
Tópico(s)Health and Conflict Studies
ResumoIn September and October 2015, the story of detained Somali refugee ‘Abyan’ unfolded in the Australian media. A victim of rape on Nauru and seeking an abortion that could not be obtained on the island nation, Abyan was escorted to Sydney where she was to attend an abortion clinic. She was ultimately returned to Nauru without having had an abortion. This paper situates Abyan’s story alongside other stories from Nauru and in a longer history of reproductive coercion in Australian Immigration Department accommodation since the Second World War.
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