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This course aims to develop students鈥� critical engagement with the ways in which gender and generation both influence, and are influenced by, experiences of forced migration across a range of geographical contexts. The module will include topics from the following: feminist and gendered approaches to the study of forced migration; gendered causes and experiences of forced migration; safety and danger in refugee camps; children and forced migration; men, masculinities and forced migration; the role of 鈥榯he personal鈥� and 鈥榯he political鈥� in refugee status determination; gendered representations of asylum-seekers and refugees; gender, trafficking and border control; and gender and durable solutions. The policy implications of gendered analyses of forced migration will be highlighted throughout.

The course aims:

• To develop students鈥� understanding of the historical development of feminist and gendered critiques of and contributions to Refugee and Forced Migration Studies as a field of academic study and practice, especially since the 1970s
• To understand the heterogeneity of lived experiences of displacement, including in contexts of individual, family- based and mass displacement; in the global South and global North; and in spaces including refugee camps and urban contexts.
• To understand the gendered implications of different ways of representing and responding to forced migration
• To evaluate the advantages and limitations of feminist and gendered 鈥榣enses鈥� in academia, policy and practice, including vis-脿-vis developing a 鈥渟pecial鈥� or 鈥減articular鈥� focus on women, children, and LGBTI persons.
• To engage critically with key debates regarding the gendered underpinning and implications of concepts such as protection, vulnerability, risk, agency, structure, consent
• To engage critically with stakeholders鈥� stated aims of promoting social change, female empowerment, gender equality etc.