‘Refugee woman’: a dangerous label: Opening a discussion on the role of identity and intersectional oppression in the failure of the international refugee protection regime for refugee women

Australian Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-135

  Pittaway, Eileen ^a   Pittaway, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85026347428     PISSN: 1323238X     EISSN: 2573573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1323238X.2004.11910773     Document Type: Article

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