WIPs – Intimate partner violence experiences among Middle Eastern immigrant women during their perinatal period

Manal Fseifes, RN, M.Ed., PhDc, is a PhD candidate in the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa, as well as a Dempsey women shelter supervisor, ESL teacher and past Crisis and counselling Coordinator at Immigrant Women services Ottawa.

Through her work with abused immigrant women, she was inspired to pursue her PhD and to explore the intimate partner violence experiences of Middle Eastern immigrant women during their perinatal period. She is particularly interested in community nursing and vulnerable populations research including HIV infected women, abused women, and children who witness abuse.

As part of her PhD journey at the University of Ottawa, she hopes to further research to tailor culturally sensitive services for immigrant women and improve their quality of life.

Works In Progress (WIPs) meetings are monthly student/trainee focused events featuring a formal presentation or a brainstorming session around a topic of study.

*All WIPs meetings are held in Zoom. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to the address below.

Ongoing WIPs sessions will be held the last Wednesday of each month unless otherwise noted. If you are interested in presenting at our next WIPs, please send an email to crssi-crhn@uottawa.ca.