Vulnerable Bodies
Subtitle: Gender, the Un, and the Global Refugee Crisis (Gender in a Global/Local World)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780754637349
Subjects: Social welfare & social services; Women's rights; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Office of the United Nations H; Social Science; Politics - Current Events; Politics / Current Events; Women refugees; Sociology; Services for; Political Science; International cooperation; General; Government policy
First sentence: If refugees are confined to their body in the global refugee regime, then this study is centrally concerned with the efforts of the United Nations (UN) to differentiate refugees by sex, and to develop and implement appropriate policy responses to promote "gender equality" in refugee and returnee settings.