How “Universal” Are Human Rights?: Listening to the Counter-stories of Subaltern Refugee Women Resettling in Sydney, Australia

Rung, Daile Lynn

doi:10.18848/1447-9532/cgp/v15i01/13-28

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“…The lives of the women in our research were influenced by these broader political structures, which have vastly narrowed their opportunities for family reunion. Access to reunion has effectively shifted from the state to the private responsibility of refugees, and the cost is a significant barrier for women (Rung, 2015). Changes to policies are needed to enable resettled refugee women to reunite with family members, which would facilitate their settlement process.…”

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“I want to become part of the Australian community”: Challenging the marginalisation of women resettled as refugees in Australia – Findings from a photovoice project

Hartley

Lumbus

Fleay

et al. 2021

Aust J Social Issues

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This article discusses a community‐based participatory research (CPBR) project, which used photovoice to explore 43 refugee women's perspectives of settlement in Perth, Western Australia. The research was conducted between a university and a multicultural women's health service from 2016 to 17. The women were given cameras and chose topics to photograph, which represented their settlement experiences and, using reflective group dialogue, reflected on their settlement successes and challenges and provided policy recommendations for improving the settlement process. Eleven women were interviewed for further in‐depth reflections, and 22 women selected photographs and wrote accompanying narratives for a travelling photography exhibition. Key themes of the importance of English language learning and family support during the settlement process are explored. Drawing on intersectionality and postcolonial feminist theories, this article discusses how government provisions for English education are incongruent with the settlement needs of women and access to family reunion is largely unattainable, which has negative implications for women's health and well‐being. This article demonstrates how government policy marginalises women and reinforces an existing gendered, racial hierarchy. An intersectional approach to settlement policymaking and programmes is recommended for women's successful settlement.

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“…This includes the meaning ascribed to the concept of a refugee woman who is othered and essentialised (O’Mahony & Truong Donnelly, 2010). Thus, it is imperative that research elevates women's experiences and agency through the recovery of their voices (Bracke, 2016; Rung, 2015).…”

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“I want to become part of the Australian community”: Challenging the marginalisation of women resettled as refugees in Australia – Findings from a photovoice project

Hartley

Lumbus

Fleay

et al. 2021

Aust J Social Issues

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“…Germany has income and time requirements for family reunification (Tometten, 2018), while in the UK, families go to extreme lengths to reunite with loved ones, often becoming destitute as a result of covering reunification costs (Beaton et al, 2018). Rung (2015) describes the placing of reunion's costs on resettled refugees as a shift from state to private responsibilities.…”

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Family reunion policy for resettled refugees: Governance, challenges and impacts

Phillimore

D’avino²,

Strain-Fajth³

et al. 2023

Front. Hum. Dyn.

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The past decade has seen renewed efforts to establish resettlement as a durable solution for refugees, both as a protection tool and a mechanism to equitably distribute them among countries. Although the right to a family life is widely recognised as a fundamental human right, whether refugees can arrive with their family or be reunited with family once resettled varies across receiving countries. Little is known about family reunion policies in countries leading the resettlement efforts, and about the impact of these policies on the lives and experiences of resettled refugees. This paper addresses this gap though a systematic scoping review of academic and policy literature on family reunion policies for resettlement refugees, and on the impact of such policy on their lives. Based on a review of 42 papers published between 2010 and 2021, we outline the policies implemented in different receiving countries to enable resettled refugees to reunite with family, documenting at the same time the challenges refugees face in the process, as well as the impact of policy on their experiences. The findings evidence a tension between the refugees' own understanding of family and definitions of family in policy in receiving countries, which often results in family separation or reconfiguration. Additionally, high costs and other administrative barriers, as well as long waiting times associated with family reunification, lead to delayed or denied reunion, having detrimental effects on resettled refugees' well-being in the present and on their future prospects.

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How “Universal” Are Human Rights?: Listening to the Counter-stories of Subaltern Refugee Women Resettling in Sydney, Australia

Cited by 2 publications

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“I want to become part of the Australian community”: Challenging the marginalisation of women resettled as refugees in Australia – Findings from a photovoice project

“I want to become part of the Australian community”: Challenging the marginalisation of women resettled as refugees in Australia – Findings from a photovoice project

Family reunion policy for resettled refugees: Governance, challenges and impacts

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