Who is worthy of protection?: gender-based asylum and U.S. immigration politics

Gender-based asylum is a strategy to allow asylum seekers who have experienced gender persecution to find safe haven in the United States. However, it matters not just that but how we respond to gender violence and persecution. This book explores the politics of gender-based asylum through a comparative examination of asylum policy and cases regarding domestic violence, female circumcision, rape, trafficking, coercive sterilization/abortion, and persecution based on sexual and gender identity

Who Is Worthy of Protection? explores the politics of gender-based asylum through a comparative examination of US asylum policy and cases regarding domestic violence, female circumcision, rape, trafficking, coercive sterilization and abortion, and persecution based on sexual and gender identity.

Introduction -- Understanding the tension between the protection and restriction of non-citizens -- The autonomous worthy victim frame : comparing female genital cutting and domestic violence -- The innocent worthy victim frame : comparing trafficking and coercive sterilization/abortion -- The always deviant lgbtq asylum seekers -- Feminist possibilities of scholarship and advocacy -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Index