Women and the 1951 Refugee Convention: Fifty Years of Seeking Visibility

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 whi...

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Main Author: Nahla Valji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2001-05-01
Series:Refuge
Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21227