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Permanent exile, permanent fear? gender-based violence in refugee camps
This thesis explores the structure and maintenance policies of camps as forces driving gender-based violence. People in camps find themselves in a state of utter dependence on UNHCR or whatever state or NGO actor is providing for them. This experience deprives individuals of their identity and creat...
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| description | This thesis explores the structure and maintenance policies of camps as forces driving gender-based violence. People in camps find themselves in a state of utter dependence on UNHCR or whatever state or NGO actor is providing for them. This experience deprives individuals of their identity and creates and environment that exacerbates gender-based violence. In order to effectively address this issue, perceptions of camps must change. While they are often considered temporary reactions to exceptional situations, they are in fact part of a larger policy implemented by developed countries to confine displaced people from the developing world to their own regions. Some form of camp is therefore a permanent reality, as there is no reason for them to vanish if the desire behind their creation never does. Once this policy of containment is recognized, ways of making its methods more humane can be explored. I propose an absolute right to work for all displaced people, promoted by both host states and UNHCR. By turning camp maintenance over to residents, UNHCR can better fulfill its mandate to protect refugees and reduce some of its financial burden. By allowing displaced people who cannot find work in camps to seek employment elsewhere, the host state will lessen its own financial burdens and benefit from displaced peoples’ contributions to its economy. Such a policy will, most importantly, return a sense of agency and identity to displaced people, thereby reducing GBV and making camps safer places for women and children. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1961 Permanent exile, permanent fear? gender-based violence in refugee camps Capps, Rosalie This thesis explores the structure and maintenance policies of camps as forces driving gender-based violence. People in camps find themselves in a state of utter dependence on UNHCR or whatever state or NGO actor is providing for them. This experience deprives individuals of their identity and creates and environment that exacerbates gender-based violence. In order to effectively address this issue, perceptions of camps must change. While they are often considered temporary reactions to exceptional situations, they are in fact part of a larger policy implemented by developed countries to confine displaced people from the developing world to their own regions. Some form of camp is therefore a permanent reality, as there is no reason for them to vanish if the desire behind their creation never does. Once this policy of containment is recognized, ways of making its methods more humane can be explored. I propose an absolute right to work for all displaced people, promoted by both host states and UNHCR. By turning camp maintenance over to residents, UNHCR can better fulfill its mandate to protect refugees and reduce some of its financial burden. By allowing displaced people who cannot find work in camps to seek employment elsewhere, the host state will lessen its own financial burdens and benefit from displaced peoples’ contributions to its economy. Such a policy will, most importantly, return a sense of agency and identity to displaced people, thereby reducing GBV and making camps safer places for women and children. 2014-06-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/962 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1961/viewcontent/Thesis_20__20Rosalie_20Capps.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Sexual abuse victims Refugee camps |
| spellingShingle | Sexual abuse victims Refugee camps Capps, Rosalie Permanent exile, permanent fear? gender-based violence in refugee camps |
| title | Permanent exile, permanent fear? gender-based violence in refugee camps |
| title_full | Permanent exile, permanent fear? gender-based violence in refugee camps |
| title_fullStr | Permanent exile, permanent fear? gender-based violence in refugee camps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Permanent exile, permanent fear? gender-based violence in refugee camps |
| title_short | Permanent exile, permanent fear? gender-based violence in refugee camps |
| title_sort | permanent exile permanent fear gender based violence in refugee camps |
| topic | Sexual abuse victims Refugee camps |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/962 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1961/viewcontent/Thesis_20__20Rosalie_20Capps.pdf |
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