CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Hoechst, Heather Alice |
|---|---|
| Title | Gender Violence and the Right to Asylum: Implications of Gender Stereotyping in Refugee Status Determination |
| Summary | The drafting of the United Nations 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol laid the groundwork for the protection of individuals fleeing persecution in their home countries. The unstable nature of the geopolitical landscape encourages consistent monitoring of trends in refugee movement and asylum decisions. The past twenty years have produced an extensive body of work reflecting the need for reinterpretation of the Refugee Convention in response to the increase in asylum claims regarding gender related persecution. Subsequently, many member states have produced specific guidelines to assist in determining claims of gender related persecution. In addition to the current body of work on this topic, I argue the necessity of acknowledging and deconstructing gender assumptions surrounding violence, emotion and experiences of fear within countries of asylum. This thesis demonstrates the implications of these gender assumptions on the refugee status determination process through the analysis of current refugee jurisprudence and case law. |
| Supervisor | Cerwonka, Allaine |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/hoechst_heather.pdf |
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