19 March 2013

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Opportunity:

CFP: Gender, the Refugee and Displacement (1900-1950), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 5 July 2013 [info]
- Submit an abstract by 8 May 2013.

Publications:

Action Research with Refugee Women: Good Practice and Solutions to Community Participation (IARS &IDRICS, 2013) [text]

"Becoming Queer Here: Integration and Adaptation Experiences of Sexual Minority Refugees in Toronto," Refuge, vol. 28, no. 2 (2011) [open access text]

Blind Alleys: The Unseen Struggles of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Urban Refugees in Mexico, Uganda and South Africa (ORAM, Feb. 2013) [access]
- Part I is "Guidance for NGOs, Governments, UNHCR & Program Funders"; Part II is country findings (presented in three separate reports).

Guidelines on the Transposition of the Asylum Qualification Directive: Protecting LGBTI Asylum Seekers (ILGA Europe, 2012) [access]

UN Report Highlights Displaced Women and Girls’ Risk for Sexual Violence, Demands Greater Action to Help Survivors (AlertNet, March 2013) [text]

Women's Asylum News, no. 116 (March/April 2013) [full-text via Refworld]
- Lead article is "Missed Out Campaign – Success."

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