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Female Refugees in Rural Germany: A Local Aid Agency's Efforts to Build on Women's Experiences and Needs.

The article focuses on positive ways in which a small volunteer organization in rural southwest Germany, Willkommen in Wertheim, implements feminist principles to empower female refugees. It mentions social construction of gender causes differently gendered groups to experience displacement in diver...

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Published in:Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 167 - 193
Main Author: Seethaler, Ina C.
Format: Article
Published: University of Nebraska Press 2019
Subjects:
Women refugees
Feminism
Social constructionism
Nongovernmental organizations
Volunteers
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on positive ways in which a small volunteer organization in rural southwest Germany, Willkommen in Wertheim, implements feminist principles to empower female refugees. It mentions social construction of gender causes differently gendered groups to experience displacement in diverse ways. It also mentions international organizations and non-governmental organization (NGOs) have adopted gender mainstreaming as a policy commitment.