A decade in limbo : perpetuated dependency, the burden of displacement and untapped promise of Somali regugee women in the Dadaab Camps, Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisor Christiansen-Ruffman, Linda
dc.coverage.spatial Somalia
dc.coverage.spatial Kenya
dc.creator Dini, Shukria Abdirahman
dc.date.accessioned 2011-05-09T12:31:17Z
dc.date.available 2011-05-09T12:31:17Z
dc.date.issued 2001
dc.identifier.other HV640.5 S58 D56 2001
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/22028
dc.description vii, 177 leaves ; 28 cm.
dc.description Includes abstract and appendix.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-177).
dc.description.abstract This thesis examines the specific experiences of Somali refugee women who have lived in exile for over ten years. With no option to emigrate to urban centers or third countries, these women occupy the three United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-operated refugee camps located near Dadaab, Kenya. The research upon which this thesis is based was conducted in the field in Kenya from June-August, 1999, with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). My study made use of direct interviews and observations with refugee women in the camps, and officials at all levels of camp administration and the regional UNHCR office as well as my own knowledge as a Somali refugee who did not experience camp life. Although the thesis is broad in scope, its central objective is to examine the nature of refugee women's lives within the camp context. Specifically, it undertakes to describe the geographic, political context of refugee life and to assess the skills and abilities of these women which are/are not utilized by relief aid agencies administer of those camps. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcc HV640.5.S58
dc.subject.lcsh Women refugees -- Somalia
dc.subject.lcsh Women refugees -- Kenya -- Dadaab
dc.subject.lcsh Women refugees -- Kenya -- Dadaab -- Economic conditions
dc.subject.lcsh Somalis -- Kenya -- Social conditions
dc.title A decade in limbo : perpetuated dependency, the burden of displacement and untapped promise of Somali regugee women in the Dadaab Camps, Kenya
dc.type Text
thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in International Development Studies
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline International Development Studies Program
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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