Rights

Right of Asylum from a gender perspective

Thursday 14 October 2021 Program   RSVP: event@pavia-ansaldo.it Click here to partecipate online Festival dello Sviluppo Sostenibile 2021 Il diritto di asilo in una prospettiva femminile: limiti e contraddizioni...

The right to asylum from a gender perspective

Research studies by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees show that there are 79.5 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide. It has come to...

Why Stem project: The African women series

Lizza Marie Kawooya and Maria Angela Maina Why Stem project: The African women series    

ASYLUM RIGHT – The Right to Asylum under International Law – Gender as a Protected Social Group in the Asylum Determination Process

  Gender-Based Persecution for Female Asylum Seekers There are 79.5 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide, at least half of those are women and girls. Although women...

ASYLUM RIGHT – The Right to Asylum under International Law Part II: Asylum Law and Procedural Requirements

Who Is an Asylum Seeker? The word “asylum” is the Latin counterpart of the Greek word "asylon," which means freedom from seizure. Historically, asylum has been...

EU Gender Equality Legislation

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVEY AND OF EU REGULATORY POWERS This survey aims to describe the past European legislation on gender equality, in particular...

ASYLUM RIGHT – The Right to Asylum under International Law Part I: The History of Refugee Law

In 2018, the United Nations Refugee Agency reported a record: 74.79 million persons of concern. This figure comprises 20,360,562 refugees and 3,503,284 asylum seekers....