Gender plays a huge part in the experiences of displaced people.
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In Australia, the discussion around gendered violence is increasingly focused on diversity. However, policy and services continue to be based mostly on the experiences of white, Anglo-settler women.
Four young women who escaped Boko Haram during the 2014 Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping are now studying in the US. Their professor recounts a recent breakthrough in their quest to go to college.
Refugee women’s voices are often left out of resettlement policy. A participatory research method called photovoice helps uncover resettlement issues from their perspectives.
Asylum-seeking and refugee women have been channelling the current surge in global feminist activism to make their voices heard.
Wider access to technology has increased possibilities to share stories via digital means.
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Lecturer in Research Methods, Research Officer in International Health, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor & Deputy Direction, UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW
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Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor of International Health, Curtin University
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Researcher and PhD Candidate, Curtin University
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Panitza Memorial Endowed Executive Director, Center for Information, Democracy and Citizenship at the American University in Bulgaria
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Bielefeld University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Senior lecturer, The University of Melbourne