Coping strategies among female Zimbabwean refugees at the central Methodist church in Johannesburg : a conflict management perspective

Bjorknes, Guro Lauvland

Title: Coping strategies among female Zimbabwean refugees at the central Methodist church in Johannesburg : a conflict management perspective
Creator: Bjorknes, Guro Lauvland
Subject: Central Methodist Church Refugee Community
Subject: Church work with refugees
Subject: Conflict management
Subject: Interpersonal relations
Date Issued: 2011
Date: 2011
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MPhil
Identifier: vital:8188
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1424
Identifier: Central Methodist Church Refugee Community
Identifier: Church work with refugees
Identifier: Conflict management
Identifier: Interpersonal relations
Description: This treatise represents an investigation into the coping strategies of female Zimbabwean refugees at the Central Methodist Church (CMC) in Johannesburg. The CMC in Johannesburg includes a non-profit organisation called Ray of Hope that has functioned as a provider of accommodation and emergency refuge at the church since 1997. A vast number of Zimbabweans are moving to adjacent countries as a consequence of the conflict in Zimbabwe and approximately 85 percent of the people that have sought refuge in the CMC in Johannesburg are Zimbabweans that have fled the economic and political conflict in Zimbabwe. Using an interviewing strategy of a sample of 20 female Zimbabwean refugees, conducted at the CMC, the researcher gathered data, indicating that they face various conflicts on a daily basis inside as well as outside the refugee community in the CMC in Johannesburg. An extensive literature review and researcher‟s own observations during hours spent in the refugee community have also contributed to the collection of data. The findings suggest that coping mechanisms have been adopted by the female refugees to deal with the conflicts. Analysis of data was guided by grounded theory approach which allowed key findings about coping mechanisms to surface which encouraged recommendations presented in the conclusion of the treatise.
Format: xii, 120 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Publisher: Faculty of Arts
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

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