Building a new life and (re)making a family: Young Syrian refugee women in the Netherlands navigating between family and career
Titelübersetzung:Ein neues Leben beginnen und eine Familie (wieder)herstellen: Wie junge geflüchtete Frauen aus Syrien in den Niederlanden zwischen Familie und Beruf navigieren
Autor/in:
Ruis, Ada
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 31 (2019) 3, S 287-302
Inhalt: This article presents results of a qualitative analysis based on biographic narratives of three young, well-
educated women from Syria. They arrived in the Netherlands between 2015 and 2017 in the context of
family reunion. The central question is how young Syrian women navigate between two major projects
that ask for their agency, being family and work. It is argued that both occupational career development
and the building of a family are ‘agentic projects’ that aim to contribute to the establishment of a new life
and to regain continuity. The analyses demonstrate that both projects are closely intertwined. Agency
emerges as highly relational and intersecting with the women’s position in the life course, timing of life
events, ability to adapt career goals to the new situation, and impact of social contexts on family rela-
tions.
Schlagwörter:woman; Flüchtling; refugee; Syrien; Syria; Biographie; biography; Familienzusammenführung; family reunion; Mutterschaft; motherhood; Familie-Beruf; work-family balance; Asylpolitik; asylum policy; Integration; integration; Niederlande; Netherlands; refugee family resettlement; life course perspective; agency; displacement and gender; young refugee mothers; biographic narratives
SSOAR Kategorie:Migration, Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
"Being beaten like a drum": Gewalt, Humanitarismus und Resilienz von Frauen in Flüchtlingslagern
Titelübersetzung:"Being beaten like a drum": violence, humanitarianism and resilience of women in refugee camps
Autor/in:
Krause, Ulrike; Schmidt, Hannah
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 10 (2018) 2, S 47-62
Inhalt: In diesem Artikel analysieren wir Gewalt gegen, humanitären Schutz für und Bewältigungsstrategien von Frauen in Flüchtlingslagern anhand empirischer Forschung in Uganda. Auf Grundlage unserer Analysen argumentieren wir, dass Frauen in Lagern häufig sexueller und genderbasierter Gewalt ausgesetzt sind, obwohl humanitäre Organisationen Maßnahmen ergreifen, um sie zu unterstützen und zu schützen. Eine kritische Bewertung dieser Maßnahmen zeigt, dass Frauen meist durch Vulnerabilität definiert werden, wodurch ihr Handlungsvermögen vernachlässigt wird. Hingegen belegt die soziale Realität, dass Frauen diverse Strategien ergreifen, um Herausforderungen zu bewältigen und zu ihrem eigenen Schutz beizutragen.
Inhalt: In this article, we explore violence against women as well as their humanitarian protection and coping strategies in refugee camps based on empirical research conducted in Uganda. We argue that women often face sexual and gender-based violence in camps despite the measures humanitarian organizations take to support and protect them. A critical assessment of these measures reveals that women are mostly defined by vulnerabilities, which deprives them of agency. However, in stark contrast to vulnerability ascriptions, social reality shows that women use diverse strategies to cope with the challenges they face and to protect themselves.
Schlagwörter:woman; Flüchtling; refugee; Notunterkunft; emergency shelter; Gewalt; violence; sexueller Missbrauch; sexual abuse; Resilienz; resilience; Flüchtlingsrecht; refugee law; gender-specific factors; Uganda; Uganda; Ostafrika; East Africa; Flüchtlingslager; sexuelle und genderbasierte Gewalt; humanitärer Flüchtlingsschutz; refugee camps; sexual and gender-based violence; humanitarian refugee protection
SSOAR Kategorie:Migration, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Gender role changes and their impacts on Syrian women refugees in Berlin in light of the Syrian crisis
Autor/in:
Habib, Nisren
Quelle: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH; Berlin (Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Migration und Diversität, Abteilung Migration, Integration, Transnationalisierung, SP VI 2018-101), 2018. 33 S
Inhalt: Gender roles of Syrian women started to shift in 2011, in light of the Syrian conflict. This shift was a response to the difficult situations which Syrian women faced inside Syria as well as in the neighboring countries to which they fled in the attempt to find safer living conditions. However, the uncertain situation and the precarious working and living conditions in Syria and the neighboring countries forced many Syrian women and families to flee to Europe, with the highest number to Germany, facing the challenge of a new culture and new social norms. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate if and how the gender roles of Syrian women who fled to Berlin, Germany, have shifted. Using semi-structured interviews conducted in the period July - December 2016, the study illustrates the challenges and opportunities they face, both as women and as refugees, and in how far these affect their gender roles.
Schlagwörter:Syrien; Syria; Flüchtling; refugee; woman; Integration; integration; Geschlechtsrolle; gender role; gender-specific factors; soziale Norm; social norm; politische Partizipation; political participation; Federal Republic of Germany; gender roles changing
SSOAR Kategorie:Migration, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Women Refugees: An Imbalance of Protecting and Being Protected
Autor/in:
Yazid, Sylvia; Natania, Agatha Lydia
Quelle: Journal of Human Security, 13 (2017) 1, S 34-42
Inhalt: The recent refugee crisis in Europe has become a prominent human security issues that continues to receive international attention. The main debate has been on the accommodation of refugees in European countries and the issues that arise from the sudden influx of people into those countries. Camps were established with limited time and information to prepare, leading to issues within these temporary living arrangements. Conditions are worse for women refugees, who suffer similarly to the men but have higher rates of insecurity. This paper attempts to argue for greater protection for women refugees. To do so, it will describe women refugees’ conditions and needs and relate them to an enforced moral responsibility. It argues for more attention to be given to women refugees with specific conditions, those who have been marginalized in most refugee policies. The main argument is that better protection for and empowerment of women refugees is urgently needed due to their own conditions and needs alongside the moral obligations to take care of children and the elderly. To do so, policies have to consult the specific needs of women. An important step towards this effort is to develop further and more detailed classification of women and their specific needs: women refugees’ needs are not merely determined by their own conditions but also the conditions of those they are responsible for.
Schlagwörter:woman; Flüchtling; refugee; Menschenrechte; human rights; Flüchtlingspolitik; policy on refugees; Europa; Europe; moral obligations; protection; specific needs
Geflüchtete Frauen in Deutschland: Sprache, Bildung und Arbeitsmarkt
Titelübersetzung:Female Refugees in Germany: Language, Education and Employment
Autor/in:
Worbs, Susanne; Baraulina, Tatjana
Quelle: Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) Forschungszentrum Migration, Integration und Asyl (FZ); Nürnberg (BAMF-Kurzanalyse, 1-2017), 2017. 14 S
Inhalt: Das BAMF-Forschungszentrum legt eine neue Kurzanalyse zur Situation geflüchteter Frauen in Deutschland vor. Dabei werden wissenschaftliche Erhebungen mit Daten aus Verwaltungsstatistiken verknüpft. Die Ergebnisse zeigen: Geflüchtete Frauen sind hoch motiviert zur gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe, benötigen aber aufgrund von "Startnachteilen" besondere Unterstützung.
Inhalt: The BAMF's Research Centre has presented a new brief analysis of the situation facing refugee women in Germany, linking research findings with data obtained from administrative statistics. The results reveal that refugee women are highly motivated when it comes to participation in society, but that they need special support because of "initial disadvantages".
Schlagwörter:Arbeitsmarkt; Flüchtling; Irak; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Syrien; Federal Republic of Germany; Sprachkenntnisse; woman; Afghanistan; level of education; labor force participation; Iraq; Syria; refugee; knowledge of languages; Bildungsniveau; Afghanistan; labor market
Quelle: Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte; Berlin (Studie / Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte), 2005. 28 S
Inhalt: Die Studie präsentiert die Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts am Deutschen Institut für Menschenrechte. Thematisiert werden die mangelnde Identifikation und Anerkennung der Ressourcen von Flüchtlingsfrauen sowie deren weitgehender Ausschluss vom Arbeitsmarkt und von beruflicher Qualifikation. Die Publikation empfiehlt konkrete Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Lage der Flüchtlingsfrauen.
Schlagwörter:Migration; migration; woman; Flüchtling; refugee; Flüchtlingsrecht; refugee law; soziale Integration; social integration; Diskriminierung; discrimination; berufliche Integration; occupational integration; Bildungschance; educational opportunity; soziale Lage; social situation; wirtschaftliche Lage; economic situation; Arbeitsrecht; labor law; Integrationspolitik; integration policy; Ausländerrecht; law on aliens; Federal Republic of Germany; Migrantin
SSOAR Kategorie:Migration, Recht, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung