Gender-related persecution: an evaluation of the Asylum Adjudication process at the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town

dc.contributor.advisorChirwa, Danwood
dc.contributor.authorRohde, Zoe
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T06:40:36Z
dc.date.available2026-03-17T06:40:36Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2026-03-16T10:58:47Z
dc.description.abstractGlobally, women and girls represent approximately 50 per cent of the world's refugee population. They tend to be the most vulnerable group within this population and many face extreme hardship, including sexual violence, cruel and inhumane treatment, harassment and indifference not only in their countries of origin, but also during their journey and within the countries in which they seek protection. In general, in most societies women and girls tend to have less access than their male counterparts to fundamental rights, including access to shelter, food education and healthcare due to the unequal position that they occupy within these societies. During times of conflict and instability, discrimination and violence against women and girls tends to increase. The development of an international legal regime over the past 60 years has sought to ensure protection for those fleeing persecution, however, women and girls have been rendered largely invisible within it as well as within domestic status determination processes.
dc.identifier.apacitationRohde, Z. (2009). <i>Gender-related persecution: an evaluation of the Asylum Adjudication process at the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42990en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRohde, Zoe. <i>"Gender-related persecution: an evaluation of the Asylum Adjudication process at the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42990en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRohde, Z. 2009. Gender-related persecution: an evaluation of the Asylum Adjudication process at the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42990en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rohde, Zoe AB - Globally, women and girls represent approximately 50 per cent of the world's refugee population. They tend to be the most vulnerable group within this population and many face extreme hardship, including sexual violence, cruel and inhumane treatment, harassment and indifference not only in their countries of origin, but also during their journey and within the countries in which they seek protection. In general, in most societies women and girls tend to have less access than their male counterparts to fundamental rights, including access to shelter, food education and healthcare due to the unequal position that they occupy within these societies. During times of conflict and instability, discrimination and violence against women and girls tends to increase. The development of an international legal regime over the past 60 years has sought to ensure protection for those fleeing persecution, however, women and girls have been rendered largely invisible within it as well as within domestic status determination processes. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Asylum Adjudication KW - Department of Home Affairs KW - Cape Town KW - Gender LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Gender-related persecution: an evaluation of the Asylum Adjudication process at the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town TI - Gender-related persecution: an evaluation of the Asylum Adjudication process at the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42990 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42990
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRohde Z. Gender-related persecution: an evaluation of the Asylum Adjudication process at the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42990en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Law and Society
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectAsylum Adjudication
dc.subjectDepartment of Home Affairs
dc.subjectCape Town
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleGender-related persecution: an evaluation of the Asylum Adjudication process at the Department of Home Affairs in Cape Town
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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