Female Refugees In Pakistan Essay

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The government of Pakistan entered into an agreement with UNHCR in 2001 an situation was improved. Under the agreement set some categories for offering refugee status and for that thirty UNHCR and government teams were to interview an estimated 180,000 Afghans in the NWFP.

The first category for which the status was given as:

“any person who is outside his/her country of origin and who is unwilling or unable to return there or to avail him/herself of its protection because of (i) a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion; or (ii) a threat to life or security as a result of armed conflict and other forms of widespread violence which seriously disturb the public order.

The second type comprised those who did not assemble the criteria set out above, but who were considered as “vulnerable,” like …show more content…

Refugee women in the camps of Pakistan are facing security problem as Human Rights Watch observed that there were no female police on site to ensure the security of female refugees, and from whom such female refugees could seek protection without putting themselves at risk of abuse or abridging cultural norms. This is also contrary to obligation of the Pakistani government under ExCom Conclusion which stated that “increase the representation of appropriately trained female staff across all levels of organizations and entities which work in refugee programmes and ensure direct access of refugee women to such staff.” They were further becoming subject to violence during the distribution of food because they were unfamiliar to come out from the home and collect food in the context of observing veil. The Pakistani police were known to beat women and children as well as men during

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