Marriage under occupation: Israel’s spousal visa restrictions in the West Bank

Griffiths, Mark and Joronen, Mikko (2019) Marriage under occupation: Israel’s spousal visa restrictions in the West Bank. Gender, Place & Culture, 26 (2). pp. 153-172. ISSN 0966-369X

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2018.1551784

Abstract

In the West Bank, hundreds of non-Palestinian women who are married to Palestinian men have recently been issued shortened visas with tightened restrictions. This means they are often prevented from working, their mobilities are severely reduced and they are placed in extremely precarious bureaucratic and procedural positions. The research in this article draws from fieldwork interviews with women affected by such restrictions to show how politically induced precarities produce gendered effects towards specific ends of the occupation of Palestine. We thus frame a discussion of the women’s experiences of visa regulations through precarity before giving an account of the profound effects on women’s roles in family and political life. We then broaden the focus to consider Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the demographic implications of the gendered effects of visa precarity. In doing so we make the argument that Israel’s spousal visa regulations contribute to the (re)production of uneven gender relations and the demographic objective of emptying out the West Bank.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Palestine, precarity, demography, gender, marriage, visa administration
Subjects: L700 Human and Social Geography
Department: Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Social Sciences
Depositing User: Mark Griffiths
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2018 16:48
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 19:30
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34950

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