'Women. The invisible refugees'

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EDITORIAL:

Nationalism and Asylum - implications for the women:
INGRID PALMARY looks at the gendered assumptions made in the nationalist discourse, and the impact these have on women applying for asylum.

A struggle for survival: the lives of Mozambican women in a Stanger refugee village:
THENGIWE MAGWAZA and FIKILE KHUMALO look at how a group of Mozambican women have met the challenges of life in a new country. They write that despite living in the same village for at least two years, they continue to experience hostility from local residents.

Searching for sanctuary: refugee women in South Africa:
LYDIA WAMBUGU looks at the experiences of women refugees in South Africa and outlines the challenges they face as they try to survive in a country far from home.

Living with prejudice - xenophobia and race:
CINDY WARNER and GILLIAN FINCHILESCU report on a study conducted with a group of refugees in Cape Town through which they explore the ways in which refugees experience xenophobia, and how they explain it.

No way out - the trafficking of women in Nigeria:
RASHEED OLANIYI writes that trafficking of women from Nigeria has been commodified in the global market.

Psychological and moral support work with refugee women:
KATHARINA LEY and MARAVIC GARCIA share their experiences of working with a group of refugee women in Johannesburg.

Where are the women? Gender discrimination in refugee policies and practices:
NAHLA VALJI, LEE ANNE DE AL HUNT and HELEN MOFFETT writes that there is a need to reframe theories underpinning refugees rights and legislation in order to afford women refugees more protection.

Slow steps of progress:
the reproductive health rights of refugee women in Africa ALLEHONE MULUGETA looks at the provisions for refugees’ reproductive health rights under international and regional legal regimes and discusses the extent to which African women refugees are able to access these rights.

"Is the Applicant really gay?" Legal responses to asylum claims based on persecution because of sexual orientation:
SHELDON MARGARDIE looks at the challenges faced by gay asylum applicants.

The politics of farming and global theft:
Africa and feminism from an Australian perspective SUSAN HAWTHORNE draws out some of the common features of the impact of globalisation on women with respect to land, farming ad the new privitisation of the knowledge economy.

Sizodla la siyimbokodo thina:
acting out against male patriarchy with inmates at the Westville Female Prison
MIRANDA YOUNG-JAHANGEER runs drama practices for the women inmates. Here she consider how the women use drama as a form of activism.

This bridge called my back - Writings by Radical women of Color:
MOIRA RICHARDS reviews This Bridge called my back- Writings by Radical women of Color, edited by Cherrie L Moraga and Gloria E Anzaldia.