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Refugee Livelihoods Network ==================================================================== Call for submissions The upcoming October and November edition of the Refugee Livelihoods Network newsletter will focus on "Gender and Livelihoods" and "Refugee livelihood initiatives: Successes and Failures". EPAU invites subscribers to submit information (papers, reports, descriptions of projects and relevant website links) on those topics, described in further detail below. At the same time, you are welcome to contribute information on refugee livelihoods in general for our regular categories. These include relevant links, key publications and reports, learning and good practice, forthcoming events, work in progress and discussions and debates. Contributing to the newsletter provides you with the opportunity to inform others about your research initiatives and projects, it enables ongoing discussion and debate about the promotion of sustainable livelihoods and may facilitate your cooperation with other practitioners and / or researchers. You can send your contributions to the moderator; taking deadlines into account. The moderator may also contact you directly if she feels that you can make a valuable contribution to one of the forthcoming newsletters. Gender and Refugee Livelihoods Deadline: 25 October Refugee women and men's experiences in creating and maintaining livelihoods are very different. They have different opportunities when it comes to education, self-employment, jobs, migration strategies etc. They also face different constraints and insecurities. Due to flight and experience in exile, changes have occurred in gender roles and socio-economic status; which plays out on individual, household and community level. The gendered division of labour, including income- and basic needs provision, as well as care tasks, may have changed. Furthermore, assistance policies and programmes often have a different impact on men and women. At the same time, these policies and programmes may be specifically targeted at women or men because of their dissimilar experiences. Livelihood assistance initiatives within the community may also often be gendered, as for example is the case in many 'money-go-round' systems. For the forthcoming newsletter, contributions on these and related issues are requested. Refugee livelihood initiatives: Successes and failures Deadline: 25 November It is commonly accepted that the image of refugees as helpless victims who are dependent on the charity of others, is problematic. In order to promote sustainable livelihoods, it is important to understand refugee coping strategies: how do refugees themselves create a livelihood under difficult circumstances, and how successful are they? What about those who are unable to do this: what is known about the marginal livelihoods of refugees? Many refugees may be forced to create illegal livelihoods, as it is the only way to sustain themselves. What are the effects of this illegality for refugees and host communities? And what communal livelihood initiatives are known to exist: are there ways that refugees are able to help each other? Has there been any experience with involving refugee-run NGOs or refugees in diaspora in the development and implementation of projects? Are remittances being used in livelihood projects in the region, maybe even contributing to the development of the area in which they are hosted? Contributions on these and related issues are welcomed before 25th of November. Submission instructions 1. Send submissions directly to Cindy Horst, Network Moderator at <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. 2. Indicate in the subject line which newsletter and section you would want your submission to fall under. If unknown please leave blank 3. Provide the necessary url link and home page if relevant 4. Authors please ensure that the text has been edited prior to submission 5. Once received the network moderator reserves the right to screen the content of postings and will not necessarily post all items received More on the Refugee Livelihoods Network and newsletters on: http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?page=RESEARCH&id=3f715c2d4&ID=3f7 15c2d4&PUBLISHER=TWO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. List archives are available at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html