Women’s rights, culture, and conflict implementing gender policy in Amboko refugee camp, Chad
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2012-01
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York University, Toronto, ON, CA
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The research findings establish that women’s rights are routinely violated in the private sphere. International rights violations include early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation, and wife battery. All are routinely practiced within the family unit with impunity. This research suggests that the existing humanitarian policy implementation approach is inappropriate where policies require transformation of deeply entrenched gender roles, premised on the subordination and inferiority of women within the family, the community, and the state. The dissertation examines the implementation of international gender policies to promote and protect women’s rights in Amboko Refugee Camp, Chad (a UNHCR camp for 12,000 refugees).
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CHAD, REFUGEES, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, GENDER POLICY, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, GENDER ROLES, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, REFUGEE LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, FORCED MIGRATION, RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT, SOUTH OF SAHARA