News :: Gender and refugees.

03/03/2006 - Women and children are most at risk of sexual violence and exploitation in Bolivian camps

02/03/2006 - Thousands of new refugees and upsurge of violence against women predicted in drought region

15/12/2005 - Scottish Refugee Council Destitution Research

23/11/2005 - Longitudinal Refugee Survey

08/07/2005 - UNHCR Discussion Paper No.1/2005: Gender-related persecution and refugees

23/06/2005 - Gender Imbalance in Secondary Schools

This brief paper looks at why there are significantly fewer girls attending secondary schools in refugee camps than boys. The paper looks at the causes of the gender gap in schooling from a study in the Rhino Refugee Camp, Uganda.

23/05/2005 - Gendered Migrations: Towards gender sensitive policies in the UK, Asylum and Migration Working Paper 6, London: Institute for Public Policy Research

This working paper seeks to understand the changing nature of contemporary gendered migrations in the UK.

15/05/2005 - Refugee women: From volunteers to employers: a research project on paid and unpaid work in the voluntary sector and volunteering as a pathway into employment

The focus of this project was employment pathways between working as a volunteer and finding employment in refugee community organisations (RCOs), refugee agencies and organisations in the wider voluntary and community sector.

10/05/2005 - Forced Migration Review, Vol 9, Dec 2000

Special feature on Gender and displacement

21/04/2005 - Religion and community powerful tools in addressing gender issues among Afghan returnees