Thematic Focus: Women

News:

Today, November 25th, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls. It also marks the start of the 16 Days of of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, which runs until December 10th, or Human Rights Day.

Publications:

Asylum Seekers and Refugees Surviving on Hold, Sexual Violence Disclosed to Rape Crisis Centres in 2012 (Rape Crisis Network Ireland, Oct. 2014) [text]

Abused & Abducted: The Plight of Female Migrants from the Horn of Africa in Yemen (Regional MMS, Oct. 2014) [text]

"(En)Gendering Vulnerability: Immigrant Service Providers’ Perceptions of Needs, Policies, and Practices Related to Gender and Women Refugee Claimants in Atlantic Canada," Refuge, vol. 30, no. 2 (2014) [open access]

"Gendered Perspectives on Refugee Determination in Canada," Refuge, vol. 30, no. 2 (2014) [open access]

"A Tale of Two Women: The Claims for Asylum of Fauziya Kassindja, Who Fled FGC, and Rody Alvarado, a Survivor of Partner (Domestic) Abuse," Chapter 4 in Gender in Refugee Law: From the Margins to the Centre (Routledge, April 2014) [eprint via SSRN]

To What Extent does the European Recast Qualification Directive Protect Refugee Women Seeking Asylum on the Basis of Gender-related Claims?, Thesis (University of Cape Town, April 2014) [text]

"United against Gender Violence: Europeans Struggle to Provide Protections for Migrants," Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, vol. 42, no. 2 (2014) [full-text via SSRN]

Unprotected, Unrecognized: Canadian Immigration Policy and Violence against Women, 2008-2013 (Migrant Mothers Project, Nov. 2014) [text]

"'What happens there ... follows us here': Resettled but Still at Risk: Refugee Women and Girls in Australia," Refuge, vol. 30, no. 2 (2014) [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Women (7 Nov. 2014)

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