Review

THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Volume: 8 Number: 2 December 31, 2025
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THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Abstract

Migration is a multidimensional and complex process that significantly increases the risk of domestic violence, particularly for women and children, due to the socio-economic, cultural, and legal challenges it brings. This systematic review aims to analyze the physical domestic violence experienced by migrant women and children from a multi-layered perspective within the framework of the ecosystem approach, one of the fundamental approaches of the social work discipline. Findings in the literature reveal that migrant women and children face multiple and intertwined challenges, such as language barriers, physical and psychosocial health problems, economic dependence, legal uncertainties, social isolation, and the normalization of violence through certain cultural norms. The ecosystem approach, which is prominent in the social work discipline, addresses clients within their micro, meso, and macro environments, providing holistic interventions and focusing not only on the problem itself but also on its underlying causes. Consequently, it is argued that effective and sustainable intervention strategies for the phenomenon of domestic physical violence experienced by migrant women and children can only be developed through an integrated, culturally sensitive approach based on inter-agency collaboration that encompasses all these systemic levels.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Counselling, Wellbeing and Community Services, Social Work (Other), Family Sociology , Migration Sociology, Women's Studies

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

December 31, 2025

Submission Date

September 1, 2025

Acceptance Date

November 11, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Külahlı, N. (2025). THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work, 8(2), 233-250. https://doi.org/10.54467/trjasw.1776278
AMA
1.Külahlı N. THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. TRJASW. 2025;8(2):233-250. doi:10.54467/trjasw.1776278
Chicago
Külahlı, Nevin. 2025. “THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN”. Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work 8 (2): 233-50. https://doi.org/10.54467/trjasw.1776278.
EndNote
Külahlı N (December 1, 2025) THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work 8 2 233–250.
IEEE
[1]N. Külahlı, “THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN”, TRJASW, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 233–250, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.54467/trjasw.1776278.
ISNAD
Külahlı, Nevin. “THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN”. Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work 8/2 (December 1, 2025): 233-250. https://doi.org/10.54467/trjasw.1776278.
JAMA
1.Külahlı N. THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. TRJASW. 2025;8:233–250.
MLA
Külahlı, Nevin. “THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN”. Turkish Journal of Applied Social Work, vol. 8, no. 2, Dec. 2025, pp. 233-50, doi:10.54467/trjasw.1776278.
Vancouver
1.Nevin Külahlı. THE VULNERABLE FACE OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN DOMESTIC PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. TRJASW. 2025 Dec. 1;8(2):233-50. doi:10.54467/trjasw.1776278