Gender Discrimination: A Major Constraint on the Path of Status of Women Refugees of Odisha
- Author Dr. Aliva Mohanty
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- Country : India
- Subject : Social Science; Political Science
Keywords : Persecution, vulnerable, marginalization, impoverishment, Crisis
Abstract
The refugee women face unique or gender-related forms of persecution or violence. Women refugees may be more vulnerable than other refugees, finding themselves uprooted and separated from their family members or traditional support mechanisms, or isolated from their communities. They may be at risk or have suffered from a wide range of protection problems, including physical abuse, intimidation, torture, particular economic hardship, marginalization or community hostility. It is always the women refugees who suffer more on account of unemployment, food insecurity as well as a threat to their physical wellbeing. Gender inequality in a patriarchal society exacerbates the situation. In the economic realm a refugee crisis may lead to further marginalization and impoverishment of women through loss of traditional sources of income. Hence combating it also requires addressing the gender inequality that is at its root. This may necessitate a specific response. The Women-at-Risk resettlement criterion is one of these responses. It calls for providing international protection and assistance through resettlement.
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