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Humanitarian assistance has historically positioned refugee women as passive, vulnerable victims – a narrative frequently weaponised by the far right.
Dr Zeynep Kilicoglu draws on her new book, Deconstructing Refugee Women’s Empowerment, to explore how women’s asylum organisations support refugee women’s political agency during a time of anti-immigration politics.
Humanitarian assistance has historically positioned refugee women as passive, vulnerable victims – a narrative frequently weaponised by the far right.
Dr Zeynep Kilicoglu draws on her new book, Deconstructing Refugee Women’s Empowerment, to explore how women’s asylum organisations support refugee women’s political agency during a time of anti-immigration politics.
