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Not Having Your Family There With You: The Challenges That Somali Women Face In Resettling And Readjusting In Central Minnesota, Patricia J. Ringsred Offerdahl
Not Having Your Family There With You: The Challenges That Somali Women Face In Resettling And Readjusting In Central Minnesota, Patricia J. Ringsred Offerdahl
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The research question considered in this study was: What are the challenges that Somali women face in resettling and readjusting in Central Minnesota? The methodology used for this research was mixed methods with interviews and a focus group. Five Somali women who spoke English were interviewed and six Somali women who had very little or no English participated in a focus group. The interview and the focus group discussions centered on resettling in Central Minnesota.
Five major themes emerged. We Used to Live Good focused on Somali women's experience of loss. The Traditions are Always in Me described the cultural …