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The refugee regime, built on the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, has long excluded women from the international right to protection from persecution. The gender-blind parameters of the Convention have been exacerbated by the same qualities in the international legal system of which it is a part; state practices toward asylum-seekers; and the dichotomous construction of the refugee regime as a whole, which has produced and reproduced victimizing identities of refugee women. Advances today, such as the adoption of gender guidelines in a number of states, have been more symbolic in effect than transforming. New policy paths need to be evaluated to ensure that the next half-century of refugee protection does not duplicate the inequalities of the past. ; Le régime juridique encadrant la protection des réfugiés, bâti sur la Convention des Nations Unies de 1951 relative au statut des réfugiés, a longtemps servi à priver les femmes du droit international de protection contre la persécution. Les paramètres de la Convention, qui sont indifférents aux sexospécificités, ont été intensifiés par les mêmes qualités se trouvant dans le régime juridique international dont elle fait d'ailleurs partie, par le traitement réservé aux demandeurs d'asile par les états et par la structure dichotomique du régime de la protection des réfugiés en général qui a produit et reproduit pour les femmes demandeurs d'asile des identités de victimes. Les progrès que l'on peut voir aujourd'hui, tel que l'adoption par un certain nombre de pays de programmes de sensibilisation aux spécificités sexuelles, sont plutôt symboliques et n'apportent pas de transformations réelles. Conséquemment, pour l'avenir, il importe d'examiner de nouvelles initiatives en matière de politiques à suivre afin de s'assurer que le prochain demisiècle de la protection des réfugiés ne perpétue pas les inégalités du passé.

"Traditionally, scholars of war and conflict have focused on men's experiences. Men comprised the armies, and men suffered the most casualties in formal conflicts. In short, gender was rarely considered at all. Yet with the onset of total war in the twentieth century, such a rigidly gendered approach no longer made sense, if it ever did. In virtually every major conflict since the onset of World War II, women suffered enormously. In recent times, scholars of war and conflict have paid far more attention to the role of women in conflict, both as civilians and -occasionally--as participants. But this is not to say that the study of gender and conflict is simply about women. Gender is a two-way street, and the best work on the topic has been cognizant of men, women, and the interactions between men and women. In The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict, Naomi Cahn, Fionnuala Ni Aoilain, and Dina Haynes focus on the multidimensionality of gender in conflict, yet they also prioritize the experience of women given both the changing nature of war and the historical de-emphasis on women's experiences.Operating from this basic intellectual foundation, the editors have arranged the book into seven core sections: the theoretical foundations of the role of gender in violent conflicts; the sources for studying contemporary conflict; the conflicts themselves; the post-conflict process; institutions and actors; the challenges presented by the evolving nature of war; and, finally, a substantial set of case studies from across the globe. Genuinely comprehensive, this volume will not only serve as an authoritative overview of this massive topic, it will set the research agenda for years to come"--

Divided into three thematic parts to guide the reader, this important volume documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa over a 10-year period from 1996 until 2006. In doing so, it addresses issues of detention, gender, children and health as well as welfare policies for refugees. The contributions, all written by academics and practitioners of refugee protection, vividly illustrate the tangible shifts and concerns of a process that is not only aimed at establishing policies and legislation but also practices concerning refugees