Progress Report on The Implementation of the UNHCR Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women

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Title: 
Progress Report on The Implementation of the UNHCR Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women
Document Type: 
Documents by United Nations Bodies and Agencies
Reference: 
EC/SCP/74 (1992)
Annotation: 
This review of the immediate implementation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees guidelines contains detailed information on the practical implementation of these guidelines within refugee populations. Under legal concerns, the report identifies that women are often unable to claim refugee status independent from their husbands, leading to significant obstacles for women claiming refugee status. There is also a discussion about the lack of legal frameworks within the refugee camps which leads to protection concerns for refugee women. [Descriptors: Migration - Refugees and Immigration, International]