Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Opportunity:

Senior Protection Officer, Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Humanitarian Emergencies [info]
- Application deadline is 26 March 2014.

Publications:

The Iron Curtain Was Never Lifted for Russian LGBT Citizens: How Lawyers Can Help Russian LGBT Refugees Secure Asylum (American Bar Association, Jan. 2014) [text]

"LGBTI Migrants in Immigration Detention: A Global Perspective," Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, vol. 37, no. 1 (2014) [full-text]

Position Paper on Violence against Women and Girls in the European Union and Persons of Concern to UNHCR (UNHCR, March 2014) [text]

*"Reason to Disbelieve: Evaluating the Rape Claims of Women Seeking Asylum in the UK," International Journal of Law in Context, vol. 10, no. 1 (March 2014) [abstract]
- See also related research briefing.

Unpacking Gender: The Humanitarian Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan (Women's Refugee Commission, March 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Too Much Pain (UNHCR) [access]
- UNHCR has issued a series of short films female genital mutilation (FGM) and asylum.  They complement the recent publication, Too Much Pain: Female Genital Mutilation & Asylum in the European Union - A Statistical Overview.

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Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (8 March 2014)

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