Not Born a Refugee Woman: Contesting Identities, Rethinking PracticesMaroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Nazilla Khanlou, Helene Moussa Not Born a Refugee Woman is an in-depth inquiry into the identity construction of refugee women. It challenges and rethinks current identity concepts, policies, and practices in the context of a globalizing environment, and in the increasingly racialized post-September 11th context, from the perspective of refugee women. This collection brings together scholar_practitioners from across a wide range of disciplines. The authors emphasize refugee women’s agency, resilience, and creativity, in the continuum of domestic, civil, and transnational violence and conflicts, whether in flight or in resettlement, during their uprooted journey and beyond. Through the analysis of local examples and international case studies, the authors critically examine gendered and interrelated factors such as location, humanitarian aid, race, cultural norms, and current psycho-social research that affect the identity and well being of refugee women. This volume is destined to a wide audience of scholars, students, policy makers, advocates, and service providers interested in new developments and critical practices in domains related to gender and forced migrations. |
Contents
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Chapter 1A dialogical approach to identity | 28 |
Chapter 2The gender relations of home security and transversal feminism | 55 |
Chapter 3Always Natasha | 67 |
Chapter 4Reconstituting the subject | 83 |
Section IIChallenging Methodologies Challening the Researcher | 97 |
Chapter 5Befriending refugee woman | 101 |
Chapter 10Refugee youth gender and identity | 173 |
Chapter 11Pray god and keep walking | 180 |
Chapter 12We want to talk they give us pills | 196 |
Section IVReviewing Policies | 215 |
Chapter 13Protecting refugee women | 219 |
Chapter 14Social protection of refugee women | 228 |
Chapter 15The gender factor in refugee determination and the effect of gender guidelines | 244 |
Chapter 16Pursuing National responsibility in a post911 world | 254 |
Chapter 6Days you remember | 113 |
Chapter 7War diaspora learning and womens standpoint | 135 |
Chapter 8Being a writer on women violence and war | 150 |
Section IIIRethinking Practices creating spaces for agency | 163 |
Chapter 9The representation of refugee women in our research and practice | 166 |