Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

News:

On Tenth Anniversary of World Humanitarian Day, the UN Pays Special Tribute to Women Humanitarians (OCHA, 19 Aug. 2019) [text]
- Visit the campaign web site for more information. Follow ODI's Twitter chat. See also related The New Humanitarian article.

Blog posts:

Changing Vulnerabilities on Samos: Why Young Men are not Always the Least Vulnerable Refugees (LSE EUROPP Blog, July 2019) [text]

Towards Gender Inclusivity in Cameroon’s Refugee Legislation: A Feminist Foreign Policy Perspective (RLI Blog, Aug. 2019) [text]

Western Refugee Policies can Cause Power Imbalances in the Home, Leading to Unintended Dangers for Women (The Conversation, June 2019) [text]

Reports:

RescueWorks: Unlocking Refugee Women's Potential - Closing Economic Gaps to Benefit All (International Rescue Committee, July 2019) [text]

Room for Women and Girls: Female Voices from Refugees and Migrants in Serbia (Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, July 2019) [text via ReliefWeb] 

"We Need to Write Our Own Names": Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the Rohingya Humanitarian Response in Cox’s Bazar - Gender Operational Review Report (Women's Refugee Commission, July 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journals & articles:

"Developing an Integrated Intervention to Address Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Distress in Congolese Refugee Women in Tanzania," Conflict and Health, 13:38 (Aug. 2019) [open access]

"Excluding Women," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 31, no. 1 (2019) [Univ. of Brit. Col. IR]

Gender & Development, vol. 27, no. 2 (2019) [contents]
- "In this issue, we feature an array of articles commissioned with the goal of supporting humanitarian programming that promotes gender equality, women’s rights, women’s empowerment and leadership." The introduction is freely available and two articles are open access: "Women’s status and qualitative perceptions of a cash assistance programme in Raqqa Governorate, Syria" and "The gendered experiences of local volunteers in conflicts and emergencies."

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 75 (June 2019) [full-text]
- Theme is "Making Humanitarian Action Work for Women and Girls."

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (19 June 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2 (19 June 2019)

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