Kurdish women in the UK diaspora: adversities & challenges

What does it mean to be in a “diaspora”? The term refers to a people who are dispersed, but often they are merely re-conglomerated, forming an insular “placenta” that incubates their new lives abroad, while still retaining aspects of the homeland they left. Diasporic homes can thus become a battleground, particularly for women, where house walls can be akin to a reconstituted national border; not in a new country, but in a tiny version of their old one. As a diasporic scholar with a deep interest in women’s equality, I have been particularly intrigued by the intersections between equality and the effects of cultural identity on our diasporic experiences. [...]