abstract: 'This article examines refugee women''s experience with settlement

  agencies and their employment outcomes in Canada. Based on qualitative

  data, we found that employment was not a priority to settlement agencies

  with many counselors referring the women to low-skilled, low-waged

  positions with companies with whom they had pre-existing ties.

  Meanwhile, counselors found themselves burdened with large workloads and

  felt inadequately equipped to serve the needs of refugees. Through this

  study, we propose policy recommendations that address women''s

  disproportional barriers that can be integrated within programs and

  services offered by settlement agencies to improve employment

  integration.'
affiliation: 'Senthanar, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Waterloo, Sch Publ Hlth \&
  Hlth Syst, 200 Univ Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.

  Senthanar, Sonja; MacEachen, Ellen; Bigelow, Philip, Univ Waterloo, Sch Publ Hlth
  \& Hlth Syst, 200 Univ Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.

  Premji, Stephanie, McMaster Univ, Sch Labour Studies, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton,
  ON L8S 4L8, Canada.

  Premji, Stephanie, McMaster Univ, Dept Hlth Aging \& Soc, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton,
  ON L8S 4L8, Canada.'
author: Senthanar, Sonja and MacEachen, Ellen and Premji, Stephanie and Bigelow, Philip
author-email: ssenthanar@uwaterloo.ca
author_list:
- family: Senthanar
  given: Sonja
- family: MacEachen
  given: Ellen
- family: Premji
  given: Stephanie
- family: Bigelow
  given: Philip
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s12134-019-00729-1
earlyaccessdate: NOV 2019
eissn: 1874-6365
files: []
issn: 1488-3473
journal: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION
keywords: Refugees; Employment; Settlement agency; Gender; Canada
keywords-plus: 'IMMIGRANT WOMEN; EMPLOYMENT; ORGANIZATIONS; INTEGRATION; NEWCOMERS;

  LABOR; PARTNERSHIPS; OPPORTUNITY; DIFFERENCE; SERVICES'
language: English
month: MAR
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '82'
orcid-numbers: Senthanar, Sonja/0000-0003-3406-5446
pages: 273-294
papis_id: 12302d8b6adeb9331ef8450ad1e8bdf2
ref: Senthanar2020cansomeone
times-cited: '21'
title: '``Can Someone Help Me?″ Refugee Women''s Experiences of Using Settlement Agencies
  to Find Work in Canada'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000498096900002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '21'
web-of-science-categories: Demography
year: '2020'