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Urban Women Refugees' Struggles in Malaysia: Employment, Healthcare, Education and Sexual-Gender Based Violence (SGBV)
摘要
This study aims to identify the struggles of urban women refugees in Malaysia in the context of Employment, Healthcare Services, Education as well as Sexual-Gender Based Violence (SGBV). Within the general refugee population, women refugees make up the second largest group. However, their struggles are often unheard of as they are over-shadowed by their male counterparts. To understand their struggles, in-depth interviews were conducted with three (3) female refugee participants from Somalia, Rohingya and Afghanistan as well as representatives from nongovernmental organizations that are operating in the country. The findings of the study show that female refugees in Malaysia face major challenges in securing employment and accessing quality healthcare services and education while waiting for durable solutions to their problem. The results also indicate that SGBV is prevalent among women refugeesmainly due to their illegal status in the country, among many other underlying factors that prohibit them from accessing their basic rights. This paper addresses the struggles of urban women refugeez from three different countries, and hopes to provide significant input in the study of female refugees in general, and most importantly, in Malaysia.