{"id":130,"date":"2014-03-17T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/?p=130"},"modified":"2014-04-17T12:46:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T17:46:42","slug":"march-26-april-9-2014-gender-security-and-access-to-education-in-the-dadaab-refugee-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/2014\/03\/17\/march-26-april-9-2014-gender-security-and-access-to-education-in-the-dadaab-refugee-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"March 26 \u2013 April 16, 2014: Gender, Security and Access to Education in the Dadaab Refugee Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Sponsored by the Refugee Research Network (RRN); organized by the RRN\u2019s Gender &amp; Sexuality Cluster).<\/p>\n<p>The Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Project (<a href=\"http:\/\/crs.yorku.ca\/bher\">http:\/\/crs.yorku.ca\/bher<\/a>) and the Refugee Research Network (RRN) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.refugeeresearch.net\">http:\/\/www.refugeeresearch.net<\/a>) are interested in how security in the Dadaab refugee camps may affect the access of women to the BHER university courses that will be offered just outside the perimeter of the camps as of August 2014.\u00a0 We are in the process of preparing a \u201cGender Sensitive Security Policy\u201d for the BHER Project and would appreciate your input on the following questions.\u00a0 Please have a look at the BHER website <a href=\"http:\/\/crs.yorku.ca\/bher\">http:\/\/crs.yorku.ca\/bher<\/a>\u00a0 before contributing to a discussion on any of the questions below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How should we define <i>security<\/i> for refugee women in the Dadaab camps?<\/li>\n<li>What security issues may affect refugee women\u2019s access to university courses in the BHER Learning Centre? \u00a0How can these be addressed?<\/li>\n<li>What can be done\/built into a policy on gender-sensitive security?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Guest contributors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-74 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/03\/Wenona-Giles.jpg\" width=\"133\" height=\"133\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Wenona Giles<\/b>, Professor, Anthropology, Scholar, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada<br \/>\nCo-lead, Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-74 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/03\/Eileen-Pittaway.jpg\" width=\"133\" height=\"133\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Eileen Pittaway<\/strong>, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, Honorary Associate (Previously Centre Director), Centre for Refugee Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-74 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/03\/Dacia-Douhaibi.jpg\" width=\"122\" height=\"154\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Dacia Douhaibi,<\/b> PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Research Assistant, BHER Project, York University, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-73 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/03\/Marta-Bak.jpg\" width=\"131\" height=\"173\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Marta Bak<\/b>, MA Candidate, Research Assistant, BHER Project, York University, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-73 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/03\/Amani-El-Jack.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Amani El Jack<\/strong>, Assistant Professor, Women\u2019s Studies, Lecturer of Women&#8217;s Leadership in a Global Perspective, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Sponsored by the Refugee Research Network (RRN); organized by the RRN\u2019s Gender &amp; Sexuality Cluster). The Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Project (http:\/\/crs.yorku.ca\/bher) and the Refugee Research Network (RRN) (http:\/\/www.refugeeresearch.net) are interested in how security in the Dadaab refugee &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/2014\/03\/17\/march-26-april-9-2014-gender-security-and-access-to-education-in-the-dadaab-refugee-camps\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>March 26 \u2013 April 16, 2014: Gender, Security and Access to Education in the Dadaab Refugee Camps - Refugee Research Network Discussions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/forums\/2014\/03\/17\/march-26-april-9-2014-gender-security-and-access-to-education-in-the-dadaab-refugee-camps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March 26 \u2013 April 16, 2014: Gender, Security and Access to Education in the Dadaab Refugee Camps - Refugee Research Network Discussions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Sponsored by the Refugee Research Network (RRN); organized by the RRN\u2019s Gender &amp; Sexuality Cluster). 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