Gender, Violence, Refugees

Published by Berghahn Books 2017

Gender, Violence, Refugees

Edited by: Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Ulrike Krause

Volume 37 in the series Forced Migration

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785336171

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About this book

Providing nuanced accounts of how the social identities of men and women, the context of displacement and the experience or manifestation of violence interact, this collection offers conceptual analyses and in-depth case studies to illustrate how gender relations are affected by displacement, encampment and return. The essays show how these factors lead to various forms of direct, indirect and structural violence. This ranges from discussions of norms reflected in policy documents and practise, the relationship between relief structures and living conditions in camps, to forced military recruitment and forced return, and covers countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Author / Editor information

Susanne Buckley-Zistel is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps-University Marburg. Before she worked at the Free University Berlin, the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and King’s College, London.

Ulrike Krause is Junior Professor for Forced Migration and Refugee Studies at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), University of Osnabrück. Her research focuses on refugees, conflict-induced displacement, humanitarianism, gender and agency.

Susanne Buckley-Zistel is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps-University Marburg. Before she worked at the Free University Berlin, the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and King’s College, London.

Reviews

“At a time when war is one of many causes of forced displacement, Gender, Violence, Refugees is an essential volume. The work’s chapters will encourage the reader to question her assumptions about forced migration, produce new avenues for research, and incentivize humanitarian interventions that do not reproduce stereotypes of refugee communities but rather incorporate ‘bottom-up’ approaches informed by the unique experiences and the long trajectories of migrants.” • Border Criminologies Blog, University of Oxford

“There is much to commend in this book [that] is rich in both conceptual analysis and ethnographic detail… The collection represents a welcome addition to the literature because of the variety of analytical and disciplinary perspectives it employs to focus on the SGBV (sexual and gender-based violence) experienced by refugees and forced migrants in contexts that have, thus far, received insufficient academic attention.” • Journal of Refugee Studies

“…an excellent read and contribution to the fields of refugee and gender studies…[that] should be a required reading for graduate students and scholars of (forced) migration and policymakers working with displaced populations.” • Gender & Society

“As a collection, Gender, Violence, Refugees provide a crucial perspective from which to analyze and develop policy to address the challenge of forced migration now facing much of our world. With its emphasis on how gender affects the experience of refugees, the authors urgently point our attention to the often understudied and overlooked challenges of gender on migrant status, protection, economic stability, and continued vulnerability to violence for refugees and returnees.” • Refuge

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Gender, Violence, Refugees: An Introduction Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Ulrike Krause Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Conceptualizing Gender, Violence, Refugees
1 UNHCR Policy on Refugee Women: A 25-Year Retrospective Susan F. Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2 Victims of Chaos and Subaltern Sexualities? Some Reflections on Common Assumptions about Displacement and the Prevalence of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Simon Turner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
3 Refugees, Global Governance and the Local Politics of Violence against Women Elisabeth Olivius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
4 ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Gender Equality’ as a Discourse of Violence in Sweden: Exclusion of Refugees by the Decent Citizen Emma Mc Cluskey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
5 Spatializing Inequalities: The Situation of Women in Refugee Centres in Germany Melanie Hartmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
6 ‘Faithing’ Gender and Responses to Violence in Refugee Communities: Insights from the Sahrawi Refugee Camps and the Democratic Republic of Congo Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Chloé Lewis and Georgia Cole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
7 Formidable Intersections: Forced Migration, Gender and Livelihoods Dale Buscher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Part II Experiencing Gender, Violence, Refuge
8 Escaping Conflicts and Being Safe? Post-conflict Refugee Camps and the Continuum of Violence Ulrike Krause Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
9 Lost Boys, Invisible Girls: Children, Gendered Violence and Wartime Displacement in South Sudan Marisa O. Ensor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
10 Military Recruitment of Sudanese Refugee Men in Uganda: A Tale of National Patronage and International Failure Maja Janmyr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
11 Gender, Violence and Deportation: Angola’s Forced Return of Congolese Migrant Workers Alexander Betts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
12 The Romance of Return: Post-exile Lives and Interpersonal Violence over Land in Burundi Barbra Lukunka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283