Vad innebär det för en kvinna att lämna en våldsam relation? : En kvalitativ studie om hur kvinnojourer pratar om våld i nära relationer

The aim of this qualitative study was to examine how four different women’s shelters talk about what happens to a woman after she has left a relationship where there has been domestic abuse. This was achieved by taking part of the different women’s shelters narratives on domestic abuse and their work through semi- structured interviews. This study focuses on how the different women’s shelters talk about possible difficulties the women can encounter when they leave from a constructivist point of view. This study found that women has to go through a process of change to be able to withstand their new social situation and the difficulties that follow. Such difficulties can be financial problems, housing problems, isolation or having to continue to deal with the former partner. Therefore, the women’s shelters talk about the importance of support and developing copingstrategies for the women to be able to handle their new situation and contradicting feelings