Thematic Focus: Women

Opportunities:

Workshop: The Fear of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as Grounds for Seeking Asylum, Oxford, 22 July 2015 [info]
- Register by 1 June 2015.  *This workshop has been postponed until November.*

Student conference: Mobile Identities? Perspectives on Gender and Migration, London, 5 June 2015 [info]
- Register by 4 June 2015.

Publications:

Don’t Forget about Refugee Moms This Mother’s Day (Human Rights First Blog, May 2015) [text]

European Sexual Nationalism: Refugee Law after the Gender & Sexuality Critiques, Paper presented at Nordic Asylum Law Seminar, Uppsala, 8 May 2015 [text]

"FGM and Asylum in Europe," Forced Migration Review, no. 49 (May 2015) [open access]
- Mini-feature on female genital mutilation (FGM), with five articles.

Listening to Women and Girls Displaced to Urban Afghanistan (Norwegian Refugee Council, March 2015) [text]

The Long Journey of Palestine Refugee Women (UNRWA, March 2015) [access]
- Photo collection commemorating women refugees.

Protecting Women and the Environment in the Great Lakes Region (Women's Refugee Commission, March 2015) [access]
- Series of studies on safe access to cooking fuel and energy resources.

Protecting Women on the Move: Mixed Migration Drivers, Trends and Protection Gaps in Djibouti (Regional MMS, Feb. 2015) [exec. summ.]

Women's Asylum News, no. 130 (April/May 2015) [full-text]
- Lead article is "Closing the Protection Gap."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Women (18 March 2015)

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