Thematic Focus: Women

[Note: I am re-posting this to reflect recent additions.]

Event:

*Conference on Migrant, Refugee, Asylum Seeking Women and Girls in the EuroMed, Sounion, Greece, 27-28 September 2018 [info]

Publications:

Access to Energy: Safeguarding Refugee Women and Girls (UNHCR, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on refugees in Ethiopia.

Are Family Reunifications Biased against Women? (InfoMigrants, July 2018) [text]
- Provides a summary of this recent study (in German only) published by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

"‘Better than a pill’: Digital Storytelling as a Narrative Process for Refugee Women," Media Practice & Education, Latest Articles, 22 May 2018 [free full-text]

Empowerment and Accountability for Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action and Crisis Response (UN Women, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Gender Violence, State Action, and Power and Control in the Northern Triangle," Chapter 14 in From Extraction to Emancipation: Development Reimagined (American Bar Association & Carolina Academic Press, May 2018) [extract via SSRN]

Girls on the Move: A Publication about Girls Escaping Natural Disasters and Violent Conflict in Eastern Africa (World Vision, June 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

"'Her cry is my cry': Resettlement Experiences of Refugee Women at Risk Recently Resettled in Australia," Public Health, vol. 158 (May 2018) [ResearchGate]

Humanitarian Protection during Disasters: The Responsibility to Prevent and Respond to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (IFRC et al., July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Laos and the Philippines. See also related media release.

"In Search of Safety, Growing Numbers of Women Flee Central America," Migration Information Source, 30 May 2018 [text]

"The Protection of Women Asylum Seekers under the European Convention on Human Rights: Unearthing the Gendered Roots of Harm," Human Rights Law Review, vol. 18, no. 2 (June 2018) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the text is embargoed until 17 May 2020.

Report of the Secretary-General on Conflict-related Sexual Violence, UN Doc. No. S/2018/250 (UN Security Council, March 2018) [text via Refworld]

Les Violences à l'Egard des Femmes Demandeuses d'Asile et Réfugiées en France, Les Cahiers du Social, no. 40 (France Terre d'Asile, April 2018) [access]
- Follow the link for executive summaries in English and French, and the full report in French.

*Women Seeking Asylum: Safe from Violence in the UK? (Refugee Council & ASAP, July 2018) [text via ReliefWeb]

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Related posts:
- News: New Legal Decision on Domestic Violence (15 June 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (14 May 2018)

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