Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Description
PhD student Kate Smith presented her research on female refugees, reminding us all of the Universal Human Rights Declaration statement that "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other country's asylum from persecution." Most applicants for asylum are men and therefore male narratives, as in many arenas of life, are dominant. Women applicants are expected to have gone through abuse and trauma in order to be taken seriously - just like the women in Dr Woodiwiss' research. Many reject the refugee label altogether, claiming to be students, in order to sidestep the stigma attached to asylum seekers in society.
Period
8 Mar 2013
Event title
Women's Stories, Women's Lives: Feminist Research Symposium