Reema Zaman on Abusive Relationships, Immigration Challenges, and Family Healing
MigrAsians14 Feb 2020

Reema Zaman on Abusive Relationships, Immigration Challenges, and Family Healing

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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