Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

Denmark’s ‘Zero Asylum Seekers’ Policy and its Impact on Syrian Women Refugees (International Law Blog, May 2021) [text]

One quick asylum fix: How Garland can help domestic violence survivors (The Hill, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports:

Learning from Experience and Seizing Opportunities: UNHCR and partner practices in advancing gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa (UNHCR, 2021) [text]

MaBoinor Rosom = Mother’s & Sister’s Ways: A Rohingya-led and Designed Approach to Learning and Consultations - Menstrual Hygiene Management Curriculum (IOM, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also related report summarizing these workshops.

Policy on a Victim-Centred Approach in UNHCR’s response to Sexual Misconduct: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (UNHCR; entered into force 1 Dec. 2020) [text]

- See also French and Spanish versions.

Tackling sexual misconduct: 2020-2022 Strategy and Action Plan (UNHCR, 2020) [text]

- See also French and Spanish versions.

Multimedia:

Co-Acting: Refugee Researchers Acting With Refugee Women, 15 April 2021 [access]

- Follow link for video recording of a seminar that focused on what participatory action research with refugees would look like. 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues (5 May 2021) 

Thematic Focus: Women

"Community Rejection Following Sexual Assault as 'Forced Migration'," Forced Migration Review, no. 44 (Sept. 2013) [open access text]

Female Genital Mutilation and Refugee Status in Swedish Asylum Cases: A Critique from a Gender Perspective, Bachelor's Thesis (Lund University, 2013) [text]

"Gendered Technologies: The Politics of Feminist Migration Research," Australian Journal of Gender and Law, vol. 1 (2013) [open access text]

Guidance Note: Striving for Gender Equality in Emergencies (FAO, June 2013) [text via ReliefWeb]

*"How We Changed the Law: The Context and History of Women’s Asylum Claims in the U.S.," Women's Asylum News, no. 119 (Oct./Nov. 2013) [full-text via Refworld]

Is Sexual Violence Being Efficiently Addressed in Global Conflict Zones? (Africa at LSE Blog, July 2013) [text]

"Millennium Development Goals and the Protection of Displaced and Refugee Women and Girls," Laws, vol. 2, no. 3 (Sept. 2013) [open access text]

Research Network on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (IntLawGrrls, Sept. 2013) [text]

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Tagged Publications. 

Publications: AGDM Policy, Aid & Protracted Crises, Art in Camps, Border Controls, Humanitarian Leadership

Age, Gender and Diversity Policy: Working with People and Communities for Equality and Protection (UNHCR, June 2011) [text]

Aid Policy: Classifications Questioned in Protracted Crises (IRIN, June 2011) [text]

Border Control and the Limits of the Sovereign State, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 32/2011 (University of Oxford, May 2011) [text via SSRN]

Leadership in Action: Leading Effectively in Humanitarian Operations (ALNAP, June 2011) [text]

Positive Energy: A Review of the Role of Artistic Activities in Refugee Camps, PDES/2011/06 (UNHCR, June 2011) [text]

Tagged Publications.