Pakistani children's lived experiences of relationships in the context of child protection services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Wilson, Samita; Hean, Sarah; Abebe, Tatek; Heaslip, Vanessa

Abstract

This paper examines how children from immigrant background experience and negotiate power relations with family and social workers in the context of child protection services (CPS) in Norway. Using the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) methodology, 11 children from Pakistani background were interviewed about their lived experiences with CPS. Analysis of the data highlights that children have to negotiate and navigate generational and gendered power relations both within the families and the CPS to exercise their agency. The analysis contributes to a limited research field focusing on immigrant children's multidimensional lived realities in the context of CPS, where children's voices are largely missing.

Citation

Wilson, S., Hean, S., Abebe, T., & Heaslip, V. (in press). Pakistani children's lived experiences of relationships in the context of child protection services in Norway: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Children & Society, https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12800

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 13, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Oct 6, 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 9, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 9, 2023
• Journal: Children & Society
• Print ISSN: 0951-0605
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12800
• Keywords: power relations, ethnic minority children, child protection, interpretative phenomenological analysis