Reema Zaman on Abusive Relationships, Immigration Challenges, and Family Healing
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English - February 14, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBSociety & Culture History asian asians asian diaspora asian immigration south asian chinese persian asian americans asian-american asian history Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
CW: rape, sexual assault
In this episode, award-winning author, actress, screenwriter, and speaker Reema Zaman joins me! She is the author of I Am Yours: A Shared Memoir, a global story of sexual assault, being silenced, and finding your voice. She talks to me about her book, abusive relationships, the challenges of the immigration process, as well as family healing.
Find Reema on Twitter and Instagram @reemazaman and at www.reemazaman.com
Research cited:
Decker, M. R., Raj, A., & Silverman, J. G. (2007). Sexual Violence Against Adolescent Girls: Influences of Immigration and Acculturation. Violence Against Women, 13(5), 498–513. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801207300654
Murphy, J., Samples, J., Morales, M., & Shadbeh, N. (2015). "They Talk Like That, But We Keep Working": Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Experiences Among Mexican Indigenous Farmworker Women in Oregon. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 17(6), 1834–1839. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-014-9992-z
VAWnet: https://vawnet.org/sc/immigrant-women-and-sexual-violence
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Shin Kawasaki: Find Another Way
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