Defining a Particular Social Group Based on Gender

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dc.contributor.authorAdjin-Tettey, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-05T21:44:37Z
dc.date.available2015-02-05T21:44:37Z
dc.date.copyright1997en_US
dc.date.issued1997-10
dc.descriptionThis is a post-print version of this paper, published in Refuge, (1997) 16(4) pp.22-25.en_US
dc.description.abstractIt is now accepted in refugee jurisprudence that gender-based social groups fall within the meaning of Particular Social Group for purposes of according Convention refugee protection. However, the criteria for iden tifyinggenderbased social groups remains to be settled. The tendency has been to identify the at-risk group by the common victimization which confronts group members. This is neither innatenorconstant. The author takes the position that thegroup should simply be identified by the gender of its members-women, although there may be subgroups of women united by other characteris tics suchas race, nationality or religion. Not all group members will automatically be eligible for refugee protection; only women who aregenuinely at risk of persecution will be accorded Convention refugee status.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationElizabeth Adjin-Tettey, "Defining a Particular Social Group Based on Gender” (1997) 16(4) Refuge 22-25.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/refuge/article/view/21931
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5882
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherYork University, Centre for Refugee Studiesen_US
dc.subject.departmentFaculty of Law
dc.titleDefining a Particular Social Group Based on Genderen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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