Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Refugees, race and gender: the multiple discrimination against refugee women
Other Titles:	Dialogue / Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Authors:	Bartolomei, Linda Pittaway, Eileen
Keywords:	Refugee communities;Cross-cultural;Human rights
Categories:	Culturally and Linguistically Diverse / Migrant / Refugee communities
Year:	2002
Publisher:	The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)
Citation:	21 (1), 2002
Notes:	A longer version of this article may be found in Refuge:, vol 19, no. 6, pp. 21-32. Discusses current international refugee law and policy as it relates to women, highlighting the various ways in which racism and sexism continue to shape the experiences of displaced people. Argues that although there has been increasing international recognition of the multiple and intersecting forms of disadvantage faced by refugee women, such as rape and forced impregnation, many of the legal mechanisms of protection remain gender-blind. The Australian-based Women at Risk Program (WaRP) is used as an example of the ways in which racism and gender blindness are inherent within refugee law and policy, and the importance of challenging the public/private dichotomy pervading human rights discourses is emphasised. Concludes by examining the various ways in which racism against refugees continues upon resettlement and the particular impact this has on women in terms of health, education and employment.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16568
ISSN:	1441-8460
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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