The needs of refugee women: A human-rights perspective

This paper explores the social construction of women refugees from the perspective of the human rights regime with an eye to revealing whether the voices of refugee women are reflected. To this end the paper examines the development of women refugees as a category within human rights discourse and how this category has been bolstered by the concept of women's human rights within the last decade.

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Human rights and the significance of psychosocial and cultural issues in domestic violence policy and intervention for refugee women

Australian Journal of Human Rights ◽

10.1080/1323238x.2004.11910772 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 97-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Susan Rees

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Human Rights ◽

Cultural Issues ◽

Refugee Women ◽

Domestic Violence Policy

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CONSIDERATIONS ON REFUGEE WOMEN IN BRAZIL

Amadeus International Multidisciplinary Journal ◽

10.14295/aimj.v3i5.47 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (5) ◽

pp. 28-34

Author(s):

Elysyana Barros Moreira ◽

Jucier Gonçalves Júnior ◽

André Luis Sant´Anna ◽

Antônio Marlos Duarte de Melo ◽

Athena De Albuquerque Farias ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

The Elderly ◽

Armed Conflicts ◽

Psychological Aggression ◽

Minimum Condition ◽

Human Beings ◽

Refugee Women ◽

Political Crises ◽

Vulnerable Families ◽

Women And Girls

Throughout history, women have been facing several situations of disregard for basic human rights. In times where entire populations are forced to leave their homes and countries to achieve protection and a minimum condition for survival, as in the case of armed conflicts and political crises, gender relations become even more evident, as women are easy targets of physical and psychological aggression. In these times of greater scarcity of basic resources, they are responsible for caring for the most vulnerable families, the elderly and children. The countries of origin of the refugees - Syria, Iraq, Venezuela, among others – also face problems like inequality and patriarchalism. Refugees are sometimes subjected to sexual violence and, in order to protect themselves, are also forced to marry as children, for instance. These women and girls are not generally seen as human beings but as objects of exchange and weapons of war. It is necessary for international authorities to guarantee protection, shelter and care for refugee women without being required in return for such needed assistance.

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Editorial

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v35i4.856 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. vii-xiv

Author(s):

Ovamir Anjum

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Concentration Camps ◽

Present Moment ◽

Dna Fingerprints ◽

Refugee Women ◽

Muslim Countries ◽

Religious Extremism ◽

Muslim Minorities

In the last issue, I wrote about the limits of suffering vicariously, and thattrue solidarity requires constant engagement and practical acts of solidarity.In this editorial, I have invited a young Muslim activist of Uyghur rootsto reflect on the present moment. Aydin Anwar was my student at a summerprogram in Istanbul last year at Ihsan Academy. She is a courageous,articulate, and inspiring voice for the horrendous violation of the basichumanity and rights of the Uyghur Muslims by the occupying Chinesegovernment. Governments of Muslim countries are quiet. In a report twoweeks ago, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discriminationexpressed alarm at the “numerous reports of detention of large numbersof ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities held incommunicado andoften for long periods, without being charged or tried, under the pretextof countering terrorism and religious extremism.” Over a million UyghurMuslims have been sent to concentration camps, according to Uyghurs aswell as independent observers. A Human Rights Watch report noted thatmillions of Xinjiang residents were having their DNA, fingerprints, and retinalscans collected; earlier in 2017, the region’s Muslims were banned fromwearing long beards or veils in public.We Muslim academics, intellectuals, and scholars need to listen to andstrengthen voices like that of Aydin Anwar. In fact, we must follow her lead.I will let her speak for herself; I hope you can hear the disciplined rage andresolute voice of her words as you read these meticulously documentedstatements:A Brewing Genocide in Occupied East TurkestanI sat in a room with around thirty refugee women in Istanbul duringsummer 2016. We were listening to Munawwar, an Uyghur activist andIslamic teacher who fled China in the 1990s, explain the meaning of achapter in the Quran before ending the session with a prayer. Soon into ...

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