Refugee Livelihoods Network
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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
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