Refugee Women

Informationen zum Autor By Susan Forbes Martin - Foreword by Ruud Lubbers Klappentext In this second edition of her groundbreaking volume, Martin provides crucial background for analysis of the legal issues that have directed international response to recent conflicts. She also describes the recent genesis of the category of internally displaced persons, and she demonstrates ways women can advance toward greater participation in legal and economic decision making. Zusammenfassung This new and revised edition includes new material on the legal issues and policies developed to protect displaced women! and addresses the increasingly recognised problem of internally displaced persons! focusing on the unique hardships for women who are forced from their homes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Setting the Stage Chapter 2 Refugee Women: Changing Roles Chapter 3 A Safe Refuge? Protection of Refugee and Displaced Women Chapter 4 Assistance: Friend or Foe Chapter 5 Toward Greater Self-Sufficiency: Economic Activities and Income-Generating Projects Chapter 6 Durable Solutions: Repatriation and Integration Chapter 7 Refugee Women in Industrialized Countries Chapter 8 Responses to the Situation of Refugee Women

Product details

• Authors: Susan Forbes-Martin, Ruud Lubbers, Susan Martin, Susan Forbes Martin
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780739105894
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0589-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies; Program in Migration and Refug; Program in Migration and Refugee Studies; Program in Migration and Refug
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories