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Claiming Space and Contesting Gendered Refugeehood in Exile: Issues and Factors of Rohingya Refugee Women's Civic Engagement in Diaspora
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Abstract This article examines the emerging political and social mobilisation of Rohingya women activists in connection with the forced displacement of nearly a million Rohingya from the Rakhine state of Myanmar in August 2017. In exile, a promising number of Rohingya women have become actively engaged in so... mehr
This article examines the emerging political and social mobilisation of Rohingya women activists in connection with the forced displacement of nearly a million Rohingya from the Rakhine state of Myanmar in August 2017. In exile, a promising number of Rohingya women have become actively engaged in social and political domains that have been historically male-dominated. The findings reveal how the internationalisation and the considerable global attention to the Rohingya refugee crisis have provided the space to navigate traditional gender roles and created an opportunity for Rohingya women to become important civic actors in this relatively nascent diaspora. Varying levels of education, age, technical and linguistic skills, along with diverse opportunities offered by the host countries, impact the (in)ability of Rohingya refugee women to play their part in diaspora activism.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Myanmar; ethnische Gruppe; Vertreibung; Flüchtling; Frau; Diaspora; Mobilisierung; Engagement; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; Geschlechtsrolle; Südostasien; Südasien
Klassifikation
Migration
Freie Schlagwörter
Rohingya; activism; civil society
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 279-303
Zeitschriftentitel
International Quarterly for Asian Studies (IQAS), 53 (2022) 2
Heftthema
China beyond China, Part I
ISSN
2566-6878
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0