Representing Refugee Women: Gender and Work in Three Kenyan Camps
Representations of refugee women as "poor," vulnerable," and "helpless" are often caricatures inattentive to the innovations and survival strategies they employ. Combined with the relatively few images and impressions of refugee women’s experiences available, women reli...
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| description | Representations of refugee women as
"poor," vulnerable," and "helpless"
are often caricatures inattentive to
the innovations and survival strategies
they employ. Combined with the relatively
few images and impressions of refugee
women’s experiences available, women
relief workers, and scholars have limited
understanding of their worlds across time
and space. This articles aims to 1) discuss
the politics, power relations and problems of
representing refugee women; 2) illustrate selected
daily routines, concerns and income learning
strategies of Somali refugee women in Kenya;
and 3) argue that the “local capacity” or indigenous
skills of this group have not been fully recognized.
Astute humanitarian policy and practice should not
only promote “building local capacity” – a term often
heard in relief circles today - but it should identify,
mobilize and support the kinds of local capacity
identified in the Kenyan camps of Ifo, Hagadera and Dagahaley. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8b256781ef548ce86852fb028b18a7e2022-12-21T18:10:23ZengYork University LibrariesRefuge0229-51131920-73361998-02-0117110.25071/1920-7336.21955Representing Refugee Women: Gender and Work in Three Kenyan CampsJennifer HyndmanRepresentations of refugee women as "poor," vulnerable," and "helpless" are often caricatures inattentive to the innovations and survival strategies they employ. Combined with the relatively few images and impressions of refugee women’s experiences available, women relief workers, and scholars have limited understanding of their worlds across time and space. This articles aims to 1) discuss the politics, power relations and problems of representing refugee women; 2) illustrate selected daily routines, concerns and income learning strategies of Somali refugee women in Kenya; and 3) argue that the “local capacity” or indigenous skills of this group have not been fully recognized. Astute humanitarian policy and practice should not only promote “building local capacity” – a term often heard in relief circles today - but it should identify, mobilize and support the kinds of local capacity identified in the Kenyan camps of Ifo, Hagadera and Dagahaley.https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21955 |
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