04 August 2024

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces & reports:

Cindy Ngamba wins historic first medal for Refugee Olympic Team (UNHCR, Aug. 2024) [text]

Reproductive Health Challenges of Internally Displaced Women and Girls in Nigeria (RID Blog, July 2024) [text]

A toolkit for integrating menstrual hygiene management (MHM) into humanitarian response: the mini guide (International Rescue Committee, May 2024) [access]
- Also available in ArabicFrench and Spanish.

New open access book:

Gendered Vulnerabilities and Violence in Forced Migration: The Rohingya from Myanmar (Springer, July 2024) [open access]
- "This open access book investigates the gendered violence and vulnerabilities experienced by Rohingya men and women, drawing on qualitative data from refugee camps in Bangladesh. It shows that in Myanmar, men suffered torture and sexual violence, while women experienced physical, mental and sexual violence, legitimized by patriarchal norms. Sexual violence was wielded as a weapon to coerce their exodus from Myanmar and to disrupt the essential facets of Rohingya femininity, motherhood, and reproductive capabilities. Structural, cultural and symbolic violence affected the Rohingya differently across gender lines. A gendered threat narrative and othering cast women as ‘ugly’ and reproductive threats while men are framed as potential threats to national security and Buddhist nationalism. In Bangladesh, gendered othering continued, with Rohingya men seen as security threats and women as vulnerable victims."

Journal articles:

"Addressing the needs of cisgender, heterosexual men and LGBTIQ+ survivors of sexual violence: a scoping review of service delivery and funding priorities among humanitarian organisations," Global Public Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, vol. 19, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Decision-making pathways for contraceptive use among refugee and host populations in Adjumani district, Uganda; an exploratory study," BMC Women's Health, 24:427 (July 2024) [open access]

"Gender and Asylum-Seeking in a European Borderland: Intersectional Discriminations and 'Lessened' Citizenship," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 40, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Greece.

"Gender dynamics in humanitarian leadership: navigating COVID-19 and beyond," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9:9 (July 2024) [open access]

"Gender-based Violence in an Indian Resettlement Colony Threatened with Re-eviction," Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, vol. 17, no. 4 (2024) [open access]

"Gendered effects of climate change and health inequities among forcibly displaced populations: Displaced Rohingya women foster resilience through technology," Journal of Climate Change and Health, vol. 18 (July-Aug. 2024) [open access]

"Geographies of shame: diachronic and transnational shame in forced migrants with experiences of sexual and gender-based violence," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 35, no. 3 (Sept. 2022) [postprint]
- The embargo period for accessing the full-text of this postprint has now ended. Uses data from the UK, Turkey, Sweden, and Australia.

"Human Security and Sustainable Development Goals: The Voices of Afghan Women Refugees in Pakistan," Journal of Asian and African Studies, OnlineFirst, 6 Jan. 2024 [ResearchGate]

International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 36, nos. 1-2 (March/June 2024) [contents]
- Special issue on "Gender." Two articles are open access.

"Strategies for seeking care in the host country among asylum-seeking women who have been victims of sexual violence: A French qualitative study," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 10 (2024) [open access]

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