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HARP-579 |
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Gender, Refugee Status and Permanent Settlement |
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Gender Issues; Winter99, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p5, 21p, 4 charts |
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Canada, gender equality, human rights, movement and residency, woman, civil and political rights, refugee |
| Abstract: |
This article examines how gender is implicated in the stages of defining a refugee, the refugee determination process, and the act of final settlement. After a general overview, specific details are presented for Canada. Canada admits refugees for the purpose of permanent settlement, and it has been the first on the international scene to develop gender-sensitive guidelines and to participate in the process of resettling women at risk of harm. However, data show that women are under-represented in the humanitarian-based flows to Canada. When they enter Canada, they are more likely than men to be married and to enter as spouses rather than as principal applicants. |
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Keywords: Canada, civil and political rights, gender equality, human rights, movement and residency, refugee, woman
