RT Book
T1 Gendered Vulnerabilities and Violence in Forced Migration: The Rohingya from Myanmar
A1 Salehin, Mohammad Musfequs
LA English
PP Cham
PB Springer Nature
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1904854982
AB This open access book investigates the gendered violence and vulnerabilities experienced by Rohingya men and women, drawing on qualitative data from refugee camps in Bangladesh. It shows that in Myanmar, men suffered torture and sexual violence, while women experienced physical, mental and sexual violence, legitimized by patriarchal norms. Sexual violence was wielded as a weapon to coerce their exodus from Myanmar and to disrupt the essential facets of Rohingya femininity, motherhood, and reproductive capabilities. Structural, cultural and symbolic violence affected the Rohingya differently across gender lines. A gendered threat narrative and othering cast women as ‘ugly’ and reproductive threats while men are framed as potential threats to national security and Buddhist nationalism. In Bangladesh, gendered othering continued, with Rohingya men seen as security threats and women as vulnerable victims. This book contributes to peace and conflict studies, gender studies, and migration and refugee studies, by analysing gendered violence
OP 108
SN 9783031624353
SN 9783031624346
K1 Migration, immigration and emigration
K1 Population and migration geography
K1 Gender studies, gender groups
K1 Peace studies and conflict resolution
K1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
K1 Politics and government