Development (Basingstoke)
Volume 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 87-93

Who Am I? Identity and citizenship in Kakuma refugee camp in Northern Kenya (Article)

Bartolomei L. , Pittaway E. , Pittaway E.E.
  • a University of New South Wales, Australia
  • b University of New South Wales, Australia; E., University of New South Wales, Australia
  • c [Affiliation not available]

Abstract

Linda Bartolomei, Eileen Pitta way and Emma Elizabeth Pittaway examine the loss and ongoing denial of citizenship experienced by refugee women as one of the intersecting forms of oppression and discrimination they encounter that determines their identity. The case study used is that of Kakuma camp in the north of Kenya as part of a three-year project focusing on refugee women at risk. They focus on notions of citizenship and identity of refugee women, charting the range of oppressions experienced by refugee women in the Kakuma camp, and explore the manner in which these oppressions intersect to compound the risks of sexual- and gender-based violence. © 2003 The Society for International Development.

Author Keywords

Sexual oppression Intersectionality Gender human rights violence

Index Keywords

gender relations refugee Kenya identity construction citizenship womens status
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0141457337&doi=10.1177%2f10116370030463014&partnerID=40&md5=e548605ce8123095bf262c4ff5c8cdf3
DOI: 10.1177/10116370030463014
ISSN: 10116370
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English