Gendered Refugee Bodies - A Feminist Analysis of Syrian Refugee Mobility in Turkey and Lebanon

Beskrivning

How can we understand the complex dynamics of gender and bodily strategies in the context of forced migration beyond the dominant binary attention? Focusing on the experiences of women and gender minorities in Turkey and Lebanon, this talk explores how refugees navigate patriarchal and homophobic landscapes in their first countries of asylum, and how these landscapes impact on their vulnerabilities, choices, and opportunities for secondary mobility. Drawing on original field data collected through interviews with women and the LGBTQI community, it highlights the complex interplay between gender, sexual orientation, class, ethnicity and marital status in shaping vulnerabilities and trajectories in conflict displacement. Furthermore, and more importantly, it identifies gendered bodily strategies - such as unwanted marriages, childbearing, sex work and organ trafficking - that contribute to levels of violence and exclusion from humanitarian protection.

Period	2024 nov. 21
Vid	Centrum för Mellanösternstudier (CMES)
Omfattning	Internationell