Gendering the International Asylum and Refugee Debate

Informationen zum Autor JANE FREEDMAN is Marie Curie Professor of Politics at the Sorbonne University, France. Her research focuses on gender, immigration and asylum. Previous publications include Gender and Security: Migrant Women in Europe and Immigration and Insecurity in France . Klappentext This study provides a comprehensive account of the situation of women refugees globally and explains how they differ from men. It looks at causes of refugee flows, international laws and conventions and their application, the policies and legislation of Western governments, and lived experiences of the refugees themselves. Zusammenfassung This study provides a comprehensive account of the situation of women refugees globally and explains how they differ from men. It looks at causes of refugee flows! international laws and conventions and their application! the policies and legislation of Western governments! and lived experiences of the refugees themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Gendered Approach to Refugee and Asylum Studies Who are the "Refugee Women"? Gender Related Persecutions: Why Do Women Flee? Gender and Asylum in International Law: The Geneva Convention Revisited Supporting Women Refugees and Asylum Seekers Asylum Regimes and their Impacts Women Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Experiences from France

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A Gendered Approach to Refugee and Asylum Studies Who are the "Refugee Women"? Gender Related Persecutions: Why Do Women Flee? Gender and Asylum in International Law: The Geneva Convention Revisited Supporting Women Refugees and Asylum Seekers Asylum Regimes and their Impacts Women Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Experiences from France

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• Authors: J Freedman, J. Freedman, Jane Freedman
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349282371
• ISBN: 978-1-349-28237-1
• No. of pages: 223
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Migration, B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Political Science, Political Sociology, International Relations, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, Economic development, Political Economy, Migration, immigration and emigration, Gender studies, gender groups, International Political Economy, Emigration and immigration, Development Studies, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Human Migration, International Political Economy’, Asylum;gender;government;women, Population and migration geography