Bibliographies on Human Rights: Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley

Rights of Refugee Women

Bibliography compiled by Jody Ranck
Fall, 1997


A

Africa Watch (1993).Seeking refugee, finding terror: the widespread rape of Somali women refugees in north eastern Kenya. Washington, D.C.: Africa Watch


B

Barkan, Elliot R. (1995). Out of the carnage and into the crucible: Southeast Asian refugees' journey from old worlds to a new one. (review essay) Journal of American Ethnic History v14, n4 (Summer, 1995):53 (5 pages).

Benson, Janet E.(1990). Households, migration, and community context. (Laotian and Vietnamese refugees in Kansas) (Special Issue: Immigrants in U.S. Cities). Urban Anthropology v19, n1-2 (Spring-Summer, 1990):9 (21 pages).

Boak, Helen (1997). Between Sorrow and Strength: Women Refugees of the Nazi Period. (book reviews) European History Quarterly v27, n2 (April, 1997):280 (5 pages).

Bonnerjea, Lucy (1985). Shaming the world: the needs of women refugees. London: CHANGE.

Bowen, Deborah J.; Carscadden, Lisa; Beighle, Kate; Fleming, India (1992). Post-traumatic stress disorder among Salvadoran women: empirical evidence and description of treatment. (Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives, part 2) Women & Therapy v13, n3 (Sept-Oct, 1992):267 (14 pages).

Boyd, Monica (1994)Canada's refugee flows: gender inequality. (more men than women admitted to Canada as refugees) Canadian Social Trends, n32 (Spring, 1994):7 (4 pages).

Bresnick, Rebecca O.(1995). Bearing children: the right to decide; amend the definition of refugee to include 'reproductive ability' among the qualified grounds of persecution. Human Rights v22, n1 (Wntr, 1995):22 (4 pages).

Bylund, Maria (1992). Women in exile and their children. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives). Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):53 (11 pages).


C

Calabia, Dawn T.(1992).Refugee assistance needs. Migration World Magazine v20, n3 (May-June, 1992):32 (5 pages).

Cervenak, Christine M.(1994). Promoting inequality: gender-based discrimination in the UNRWA's approach to Palestine refugee status. (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) Human Rights Quarterly v16, n2 (May, 1994):300-374.

Chester, Barbara (1992). Women and political torture: work with refugee survivors in exile.(Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives, part 2) Women & Therapy v13, n3 (Sept-Oct, 1992):209 (12 pages).

Chung, Rita Chi-Ying; Kagawa-Singer, Marjorie (1993). Predictors of psychological distress among southeast asian refugees. Social Science & Medicine v36, n5 (March, 1993):631 (9 pages).


D

D'Avanzo, Carolyn E.; Frye, Barbara; Froman, Robin (1994). Culture, stress and substance use in Cambodian refugee women. Journal of Studies on Alcohol v55, n4 (July, 1994):420 (7 pages).

Davidson, Miriam (1994). Second-class refugees: persecuted women are denied asylum. (Cover Story) Progressive v58, n6 (June, 1994):22 (4 pages).


E

Epp, Marlene (1997). The memory of violence: Soviet and East European Mennonite refugees and rape on the second World War. Journal of Women's History v9, n1 (Spring, 1997):58 (30 pages).


F

Facts on File: Refugees may claim gender persecution. (Canada) (includes related article) Facts on File v53, n2728 (March 11, 1993):167.

Fincher, R.(1993). Gender relations and the geography of migration. Environment & Planning A v25, n12 (Dec, 1993):1703 (3 pages).

Frank, Martina W.(1997). Identity in exile: the tides of ethnic memory among Bosnian women refugees.

Friedman, Amy R.(1992). Rape and domestic violence: the experience of refugee women. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies,Shattered Lives)Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):65 (14 pages).


G

Gann, Peter; Nghiem, Luan; Warner, Stanley (1989).Pregnancy Characteristics and Outcomes of Cambodian Refugees. American Journal of Public Health v79, n9 (Sept, 1989):1251 (7 pages).

Gellner, Myriam (1989). Sexual violence against women refugees: from private sorrows to international politics.

Gillespie, Marcia Ann (1992). No woman's land. (women refugees) Ms. Magazine v3, n3 (Nov-Dec, 1992):18 (5 pages)..

Hackett, Beatrice Nied (1996). Pray God and Keep Walking: Stories of Women Refugees; with foreword by Judy Mayotte. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co.


H

Hahn, Deborah Fuller (1992). Soviet Jewish refugee women: searching for security. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives) Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):79 (9 pages).

Hall, Eve (1990).Vocational training for women refugees in Africa. International Labour Review v129, n1 (Jan-Feb, 1990):91 (17 pages).

Hosken, Fran P.(1993). The medicalization of female genital mutilation. (Female Sexual Mutilation) WIN News v19, n1 (Wntr, 1993):34 (3 pages).


K

Keely, Charles B.(1992). The resettlement of women and children refugees. (Features) Migration World Magazine v20, n4 (Sept-Oct, 1992):14 (5 pages).

Kibria, Nazli. New images of immigrant women: a study of women's social groups among Vietnamese refugees. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women, 1987.

Kinzie, J. David; Boehnlein, James K.; Leung, Paul K.; Moore, Laurie J.; and others. (1990).The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and its clinical significance among Southeast Asian refugees. American Journal of Psychiatry v147, n7 (July, 1990):913 (5 pages).

Kelly, Nancy (1993). Double standard. (how laws and regulations defining refugees are constructed by men) Women's Review of Books v10, n10-11 (July, 1993):17 (2 pages).

Kuoch, Theanvy; Miller, Richard A.; Scully, Mary F.(1992). Healing the wounds of the Mahantdori. (Cambodian holocaust) (Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives, part 2) Women & Therapy v13, n3 (Sept-Oct, 1992):191 (17 pages).


L

Leslie, Leigh A.(1993). Families fleeing war: the case of Central Americans. (Families on the Move: Migration, Immigration, Emigration, and Mobility) Marriage & Family Review v19, n1-2 (Fall, 1993):193 (13 pages).

Light, Deborah (1992). Healing their wounds: Guatemalan refugee women as political activists. (Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives, part 2)Women & Therapy v13, n3 (Sept-Oct, 1992):297 (12 pages).

Lindsey, Linda L.(1990). The Health Status of Afghan Refugees: Focus on Women. East Lansing: Michigan State University, Office of Women in International Development.


M

Macklin, Audrey (1995). Refugee women and the imperative of categories. Human Rights Quarterly v17, n2 (May, 1995):213-277.

Malone, Linda A.; Wood, Gillian (1997). Immigration - Refugee Act of 1980 - resistance to female circumcision as grounds for political asylum in the United States. American Journal of International Law v91, n1 (Jan, 1997):140-147.

Migration World Magazine: Protecting refugee women: from policy to program implementation. Migration World Magazine v23, n5 (Nov-Dec, 1995):30 (5 pages).

Migration World Magazine: Claims for asylum by Iranian women who refuse to adhere to fundamentalist Moslem doctrine made easier by Ninth Circuit ruling.(Legal Reports) Migration World Magazine v23, n1-2 (Jan-April, 1995):42 (2 pages).

Miller, Laura L.; Moskos, Charles (1995). Humanitarians or warriors?: Race, gender, and combat status in Operation Restore Hope. Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal v21, n4 (Summer, 1995):615 (23 pages).

Moran, Katy M.(1989). Ethiopian refugees and exiles in Los Angeles. (Special Issue: Across Cultures: The Spectrum of Women's Lives). Women's Studies v17, n1-2 (Nov, 1989):63 (3 pages).

Moss, Nancy; Stone, Michael C.; Smith, Jason B (1993). Fertility among Central American refugees and immigrants in Belize. Human Organization v52, n2 (Summer, 1993):186 (8 pages).

Moten, Sarah E.(1992). Gender differences in refugee health. (address to the Institute of Medicine's annual meeting) (Transcript) US Department of State Dispatch v3, n46 (Nov 16, 1992):822 (2 pages).

Moussa, Helene(1993). Storm and Sanctuary: The Journey of Ethiopian and Eritrean Women Refugees. Dundas, Ont., Canada: Artemis Enterprises.

Ms. Magazine: Haiti: refugee hell at Guantanamo. (Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba). (Sisterhood is Global: International News). Ms. Magazine v2, n6 (May-June, 1992):11.

Muecke, Marjorie A.(1992). New paradigms for refugee health problems. Social Science & Medicine v35, n3-4 (August, 1992):515 (9 pages).


N

NACLA: Latin American women: the gendering of politics and culture: plus, Guatemala update, Peru's internal refugees, Interview with Aristide's ambassador. New York, N.Y.: NACLA, 1993. Series title: NACLA report on the Americas (New York. N.Y.: 1993) ; v.27, no.1.

Neuwirth, Gertrud and Christine Vincent, eds. (1997).Women refugees in international perspectives, 1980-1990: an annotated bibliography. Research Resource Division for Refugees, 1997.


P

Parvanta, Sultana (1992). The balancing act: plight of Afghan women refugees. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives) Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):113 (16 pages).

Postero, Nancy Grey (1992). On trial in the promised land: seeking asylum. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives). Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):155 (18 pages).


Q

Quack, Sibylle (1995).Between Sorrow and Strength: Women Refugees of the Nazi Period. Washington, D.C.: German Historical Institute ; Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press.


R

Rashid, Ahmed (1990). War-torn women; conflicting visions in Kabul and the refugee camps. (Afghanistan) Far Eastern Economic Review v147, n5 (Feb 1, 1990):30.

Roberson, Mary K.(1992). Birth, transformation, and death of refugee identity: women and girls of the Intifada. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives.)Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):35 (18 pages).

Robin Herbst, Patricia K.(1992). From helpless victim to empowered survivor: oral history as a treatment for survivors of torture. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, shatterd Lives) Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):141 (14 pages).

Roe, Michael D.(1992). Displaced women in settings of continuing armed conflict. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives)Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):89 (16 pages).

Rogers, Tom (1992). Two dimensions of a national crisis: population growth and refugees in Pakistan. Modern Asian Studies v26, n4 (Oct, 1992):735 (27 pages).

Roy, Sarah (1993). Black milk. (account of conflict and everyday life in the Gaza strip, occupied by Israel) Women's Review of Books v10, n10-11 (July, 1993):13 (3 pages).

Russell, Ruth V.; Stage, Frances K.(1996). Leisure as burden: Sudanese refugee women. Journal of Leisure Research v28, n2 (Spring, 1996):108 (14 pages).


S

Saldana, Delia H.(1992). Coping with stress: a refugee's story. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives.) Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):21 (14 pages).

Sangster, Joan (1996). Incarcerating "bad girls": the regulation of sexuality through the Female Refugees Act in Ontario, 1920-1945. Journal of the History of Sexuality v7, n2 (Oct, 1996):239 (37 pages).

Schultz, Christina M.(1994). Promoting economic self-reliance: a case study of Afghan refugee women in Pakistan. (The Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay) (Refugees and International Population Flows) Journal of International Affairs v47, n2 (Wntr, 1994):557-578.

Shahin, Mariam (1997). Shatila: 15 years on. (Israeli invasion in Beirut, Lebanon camps) Middle East, n270 (Sept, 1997):16 (2 pages).

Shalinsky, Audrey C. (1996). Gender issues in the Afghanistan diaspora: Nadia's story. Frontiers v17, n3 (Sept-Dec, 1996):102 (22 pages).

Shepherd, Judith (1992). Post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnamese women. (Refugee Women andTheir Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives, part 2).Women & Therapy v13, n3 (Sept-Oct, 1992):281 (16 pages).

Siegel, Rachel Josefowitz (1992). Fifty years later: am I still an immigrant? (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives) Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):105 (7 pages).

Sieng, Sokhany; Thompson, Janice L (1992). Traces of Khmer women's imaginary: finding our way in the West. (Special Issue: Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies,Shattered Lives)Women & Therapy v13, n1-2 (July-August, 1992):129 (11 pages).

Sollis, Peter (1994). The relief-development continuum: some notes on rethinking assistance for civilian victims of conflict. (Refugees and International Population Flows) Journal of International Affairs v47, n2 (Wntr, 1994):451-471.


T

Talton, Jana Meredyth (1992). Asylum for genital-mutilation fugitives: building a precedent. (ambiguous decision of the French Commission for Appeals of Refugees). Ms. Magazine v2, n4 (Jan-Feb, 1992):17.

Tierney, Kathleen (1994). The Evolution of Women's Asylums Since 1500: From Refugees for Ex-Prostitutes to Shelters for Battered Women. (book reviews) Contemporary Sociology v23, n4 (July, 1994):581 (2 pages).


U

United Nations: A Selected and annotated bibliography on refugee women: a joint project of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Refugee Policy Group for the United Nations Decade for Women. Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Refugee women: a round table organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Femmes refugiees: une table ronde organisee par le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Refugies.) Geneve: UNHCR, 1985.

United Nations Chronicle: Women refugees: the caretakers adrift (1991). UN Chronicle v28, n3 (Sept, 1991):51 (2 pages).


V

Van Boemel, Gretchen B.; Rozee, Patricia D.(1992). Treatment for psychosomatic blindness among Cambodian refugee women. (Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives, part 2) Women & Therapy v13, n3 (Sept-Oct, 1992):239 (28 pages).


W

Wali, Sima (1994). Repatriation and the reconstruction of Afghanistan: the role of women. Migration World Magazine v22, n4 (Sept-Oct, 1994):26 (3 pages).

Wheeler, David L.(1996). Harvard program helps change the law. (Women Refugees Project) Chronicle of Higher Education v42, n43 (July 5, 1996):A5.

Wilmer, Harry A. (1996). Psycho-Social Help to War Victims: Women Refugees and Their Families. (book reviews) JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association v276, n20 (Nov 27, 1996):1686 (2 pages).


Y

Yee, Barbara W.K.(1992). Markers of successful aging among Vietnamese refugee women. (Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives, part 2)Women & Therapy v13, n3 (Sept-Oct, 1992):221 (18 pages).

Zarkovic, Radmila Manojlovic, ed.; Fran Peavey, U.S. editor (1996). I Remember (Sjecam Se): Writings by Bosnian Women Refugees. 1st U.S. ed. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.

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