Making Women Visible
Refugee Council: Making women visible; Strategies for a more woman-centred asylum and refugee support system [March 2005]
This document has emerged out of the work the Refugee Council’s Women’s Network has carried out to develop a Women’s Strategy and Action Plan, detailing how the organisation will work towards ensuring its services are sensitive to the needs of women. Refugee women face particular obstacles in their journey to safety and have been disadvantaged by current asylum policies in specific ways. This document aims to increase the awareness of government, other statutory agencies and the voluntary sector of the particular needs of refugee and asylum seeking women. It looks at some of the specific issues facing women seeking asylum in the UK and makes recommendations for positive actions. The strategy is not intended to be either a final blueprint or a comprehensive summary of all the issues faced by refugee and asylum seeking women. The research undertaken was limited and more work needs to be done in a number of areas. Published on March 2005 |
