Precarious Protection: How Unsettled Policy and Current Laws Harm Women and Girls Fleeing Persecution
- Document number
- 2479
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Precarious Protection: How Unsettled Policy and Current Laws Harm Women and Girls Fleeing Persecution
- Author/publisher
- Tahirih Justice Center
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Violence, Human rights violation, Crime against humanity, War crime, Armed conflict, Post-conflict situation, Terrorism,
- Summary
- Part I addresses how the uncertain terrain and unsettled ground regarding gender-related claims in = particular continues to deny women and girls a firm foothold in US asylum law and policy. Part II addresses how women and girls are especially harshly impacted by current immigration laws and policies of general application to all asylum seekers (expedited removal, mandatory detention, and the one-year filing deadline).
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