2019
DOI: 10.18297/rgh/vol2/iss2/5
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Refugee Women's Needs: The Athens Case

Abstract: Medicins sans Frontiers estimates that twenty-five per cent of new asylum-seeking arrivals in Athens in 2016 were women [1]. Despite the sizable number of women asylum seekers arriving in Athens, women's voices are often excluded from research on refugee needs. This research sought to understand the needs of women asylum seekers in Athens through the collection of qualitative data on their needs and experiences upon arriving in Athens. Twelve women from Syria, Afghanistan and other countries (background withhe… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1

Citation Types

0
1
0

Year Published

2021
2021
2021
2021

Publication Types

Select...
1

Relationship

0
1

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 1 publication
(1 citation statement)
references
References 9 publications
0
1
0
Order By: Relevance
“…It concludes with recommendations for gendersensitive initiatives which can support young refugee women to continue their education. Overall, it responds to calls for greater, more contextualised understandings of refugee women's needs when developing 'durable solutions' to displacement (Diamond, 2019;Hatoss & Huijser, 2010). Such solutions are direly needed to help refugee women enjoy the benefits of post-compulsory learning 2 : such as more employment opportunities, better health outcomes, new support networks, 'safe spaces' to rebuild aspirations and renegotiate hierarchies, increased mobility and the chance to claim ownership of otherwise maledominated space (El Jack, 2010;Iraklis, 2021;Rezaian et al, 2019;UNHCR, 2016;2020c).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It concludes with recommendations for gendersensitive initiatives which can support young refugee women to continue their education. Overall, it responds to calls for greater, more contextualised understandings of refugee women's needs when developing 'durable solutions' to displacement (Diamond, 2019;Hatoss & Huijser, 2010). Such solutions are direly needed to help refugee women enjoy the benefits of post-compulsory learning 2 : such as more employment opportunities, better health outcomes, new support networks, 'safe spaces' to rebuild aspirations and renegotiate hierarchies, increased mobility and the chance to claim ownership of otherwise maledominated space (El Jack, 2010;Iraklis, 2021;Rezaian et al, 2019;UNHCR, 2016;2020c).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%