Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People

Opportunity:

Webinar: Voices from Palestine: The Lives of People with Disabilities under Occupation and War, 11 June 2024 [info]

Short pieces & reports:

Disability and women and girls in displacement from Myanmar: A factsheet on refugees and asylum seekers from Myanmar (UNHCR & UN Women, May 2024) [text]

Disability inclusion and gender dynamics of the Armenia refugee crisis: Six months after the crisis (UN Women, May 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Signing the war in Gaza: Overcoming deafness and displacement," UN News, 26 April 2024 [text]

Journal articles:

"Autism in the Context of Humanitarian Emergency: The Lived Experiences of Syrian Refugee Mothers of Children on the Autism Spectrum," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Disability, childhood experiences of violence and associated health outcomes in refugee settlements in Uganda," Child Protection and Practice, vol. 1 (April 2024) [open access]

"Exploring the displacement induced changes in social convoys and support for older women in displacement (OWD) in Abuja, Nigeria," International Journal of Social Welfare, vol. 33, no. 2 (April 2024) [open access]

"Life as struggle: a narrative of coping strategies of elderly refugees in South Africa," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

"Valuable Beyond Vulnerable: A Scoping Review on the Contributions of Older Forced Migrants," International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, vol. 15, no. 2 (April 2024) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: People with Disabilities & Older People (29 March 2024)

Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Gendered Border Practices and Violence at the United States-Mexico Border," Chapter in Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights (E-International Relations, 2021) [open access]

"Marriage Outcomes of Displaced Women," Journal of Development Economics, vol. 152 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

"Nineteenth Century Migration Trends and the Role of Women," Chapter in Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights (E-International Relations, 2021) [open access]

"Refugee women’s establishment in the rural north of Sweden: cultural capital in meeting local labour market needs," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 31 May 2021 [open access]

"Rights Adrift: Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Women on the Andaman Sea," Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, vol. 22, no. 1 (June 2021) [full-text]

"Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and torture experiences of Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda: health and justice responses," International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, vol. 16, no. 4 (Dec. 2020) [postprint]

"Strategies of denial: women’s experiences of culture of disbelief and discreditation in the treatment of asylum claims on the grounds of female genital cutting (FGC)," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 21 June 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on the UK.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (2 July 2021)