Deconstructing Refugee Womens Empowerment

This book explores how self-identified feminist or women's organizations in the asylum and charity sectors in the UK and France attach meanings to and address refugee women's empowerment in their operations, and how these perpetuate or disrupt global hierarchies.

Autorentext

Zeynep Kilicoglu is an LSE Fellow in Gender and International Politics in the Gender Studies Department at London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. She does feminist research on migration and forced displacement.

Klappentext

This book explores how self-identified feminist or women's organizations in the asylum and charity sectors in the UK and France attach meanings to and address refugee women's empowerment in their operations, and how these perpetuate or disrupt global hierarchies.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction: Which women refugees deserve to be empowered? Chapter 2: Vulnerability versus empowerment: Theoretical framework and methodology Chapter 3: "Just pass us the mic": Deconstructing perceptions of refugee women's empowerment by aid organizations in the United Kingdom Chapter 4: "We are professionals": Deconstructing perceptions of refugee women's empowerment by aid organizations in France Chapter 5: Politics matter: Comparison between British and French aid structures Chapter 6: Conclusion: Calling for a two-way empowerment. Index