Unhcr's Gender Policy for Refugees and Returnees in Sierra Leone
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Claudena Skran
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The challenge of ensuring the full reintegration of refugee women and returnees in post-conflict societies is an important one, yet there is gap in the literature that evaluates interventions designed to assist them. This article seeks to narrow this gap by examining the gender policy of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (unhcr) as applied to reintegration programs in Sierra Leone, particularly in Kailahun district. Using Amartya Sen's concept of agency, the paper begins with an exploration of the pre-war status of women and girls in Sierra Leone and their marginalization in flight and exile. The paper then argues that the conceptual framework of unhcr's Community Empowerment Projects (ceps) created a foundation for an open, democratic process that, in theory, could lead to enhanced well-being for women as beneficiaries and greater political agency for them as decision-makers. In practice, the ceps resulted in the implementation of projects that benefited women both directly and indirectly, especially in the areas of water and sanitation and education. The lack of emphasis on health projects, however, especially when compared to the strong support for rebuilding community buildings controlled by elders, shows the impact of traditional, patriarchal decision-making on the cep process. The paper further argues that special women's centers constructed or supported by unhcr, though small in number, both enhanced the well-being of and promoted political agency for women; this intervention contributed to the high levels of females elected as local officials in Kailahun district in the 2012 elections.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2015
توصيف ظاهري
108-133
عنوان
African and Asian Studies
شماره جلد
14/1-2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1569-2108
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اصطلاح موضوعی
African Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Asian Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
gender
اصطلاح موضوعی
General
اصطلاح موضوعی
idps
اصطلاح موضوعی
Kailahun
اصطلاح موضوعی
refugees
اصطلاح موضوعی
reintegration
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sierra Leone
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social Sciences
اصطلاح موضوعی
unhcr
اصطلاح موضوعی
women
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