Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Blog posts & press:

Access to Identity Documentation for Migrant Women (SIHMA Blog, April 2021) [text]

- Part of a blog series on "Exclusion of Migrant Women in Africa." Links to previous posts are provided in the footnotes.

The BIA's Mansplaining of Gender-Based Asylum (Jeffrey S. Chase Blog, April 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 16 (March 2021) [full-text]

- Includes a focus on "Gender-based and Sexual Violence: The Current State of the Humanitarian Sector." Available in both English and French.

"Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Women Refugees in South Africa," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 31 March 2021 [full-text via PUBMED]

*Conflict-related sexual violence: Report of the Secretary-General, UN Doc. No. S/2021/312 (UN Security Council, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Gender-Transformative Change in Humanitarianism: A View from Inside (Women's Refugee Commission, April 2021) [text]

A Journey of Hope: Haitian Women's Migration to Tapachula, Mexico (Center for Gender and Refugee Studies et al., 2021) [text]

*NGO strategies for sex and gender-based violence protection and accountability in long-term displacement settings: Reviewing women’s participation in humanitarian programmes in Dadaab refugee complex, RLI Working Paper, no. 56 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2021) [text]

"Problems of Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan: A Societal Study in the Al-Balqa Governorate," An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 34, no. 10 (2020) [open access]

Progress on Tackling the Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Aid Beneficiaries (UK House of Commons, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Women and Girls on the Move to Europe (2018–2020) (IOM, March 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Women Who Dare: Exploring Experiences of Participation among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh, RLI Working Paper, no. 55 (Refugee Law Initiative, March 2021) [text]

Resources:

I Know Gender 16: Gender Equality and Migration (IOM & UN Women) [access]

- "Through this module participants will learn about international migration trends from a gender perspective, how to conduct a gender analysis and how to start mainstreaming gender equality into their everyday work at every stage of the migration cycle." More info available in this press release.

The Silence I Carry: Disclosing Gender-based Violence in Forced Displacement - Practitioners' Toolkit for Mexico, rev. ed. (Washington University, Red Regional de Espacios Seguros & UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

Supporting Survivors of Violence: The Role of Linguistic and Cultural Mediators, with a Focus on Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Violence against Men and Boys - A Training Curriculum (Women's Refugee Commission & UNICEF) [access]

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (15 March 2021)

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2 (15 March 2021)