CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Arjevanidze, Nargiza Givi |
|---|---|
| Title | Changing Gender Relations within the Families of the Internally Displaced Population in Georgia |
| Summary | The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of forced migration, specifically the shift in gender relations in IDP households from Abkhazia currently residing in Tbilisi, Georgia. The main research question I asked was to what extent has the displacement affected gender relations in migrants’ households and in which ways has the self-identification of women, as well as men changed since the time of their involuntary movement. I situated my research within the context of scholarship which focuses on gendered implications of forced migration for displaced households in exile, deals with the renegotiation of gender roles in refugee households, and does not discuss migrant women in isolation from men but rather with the experiences of both on an equal basis and in relation to each other. It is one of the major findings of my analysis that the engendered response of displaced men and women to forced migration can be related to the fact that women and men were deprived of different things and identifications as a result of the armed conflict. On the whole, the study shows that the displaced women themselves have been the prime contributors to the preservation of the traditional family ideals and men’s authority in the family. |
| Supervisor | Professor Zimmerman Susan Carin |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/arjevanidze_nargiza.pdf |
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