Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

CFP: Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal [info]

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Girls on the Move: Girlhood and Forced Displacement, Migration and (Re)settlement." Submit abstracts by 13 February 2023.

CFP: Sexuality, Nationality and Asylum: The New Plan for Immigration, Oxford, 14 June 2023 [info]

- Focuses on the UK. Submit abstracts by 31 March 2023.

Blog posts & press:

Are all Afghan women and girls refugees? An analysis in light of the Refugee Convention (EJIL Talk Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

By helping Rohingya women, Canada can do the right thing and demonstrate global leadership (The Conversation, Jan. 2023) [text]

Humanitarians Must Reject the Taliban’s Misogyny (From Poverty to Power Blog, Jan. 2023) [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release.

Libya: UN expert to assess violence against women and girls (OHCHR, Dec. 2022) [text]

- The special rapporteur's statement summarizing her findings and recommendations can be accessed here.

Reports:

Addressing Sexual Violence Along the Migratory Route Through the Darién Gap and Beyond (Center for Democracy in the Americas, April 2022) [text]

The consequences of US and Mexican immigration policies on the protection of Venezuelan women and LGBTIQ+ individuals in Southwest Mexico (Center for Democracy in the Americas et al., Dec. 2022) [Eng. text] [Spa. text]

Resource:

Global Mapping of Organizations Working on Gender and Migration (Women in Migration Network & FES) [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (16 Dec. 2022)