Women, borders, and violence: current issues in asylum, forced migration, and trafficking

Analyzes women's extra legal border crossing in relation to the increasing securitization of borders against unauthorized mobility, and shows how border enforcement differentially impacts some populations and produces various forms of gender based violence. Examines gender and extra legal borde...

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Main Author: Pickering, Sharon 1972- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Heidelberg [u.a.] Springer 2011
In:Year: 2011
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Women illegal aliens > Social conditions
Border security > Case studies
Freedom of movement > Sex differences
Frau
Illegaler Grenzverkehr
Asyl
Zwangsprostitution
Frau > Illegaler Grenzverkehr > Asyl > Zwangsprostitution
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Summary:Analyzes women's extra legal border crossing in relation to the increasing securitization of borders against unauthorized mobility, and shows how border enforcement differentially impacts some populations and produces various forms of gender based violence. Examines gender and extra legal border crossing across Europe, North America, Africa, South East Asia and Australia -- Back cover
Physical Description:XI, 133 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9781441902702
1441902708