著者
南茂 由利子
出版者
大阪府立大学
雑誌
人間社会学研究集録 (ISSN:1880683X)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.1, pp.95-115, 2006-03-31

Since the 1980s some feminist legal scholars have challenged the gender-neutral facade of international laws. The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) has not been enforced functionally enough in the case of women asylum-seekers who need protection from gender-related persecution. In order to correct the male-centered interpretation of the definition of refugee, the immigration authorities of some countries have produced gender guidelines on women refugee claimants. While the production of gender guidelines is commendable, in that they serve to provide protection to more women asylum-seekers suffering gender-related persecution, there are serious concerns about politics of gender guidelines when the political climate around refugees is drastically changing. This study is meant to be a critical and productive examination of the gender guideline at the turn of century, when industrialized countries are constructing fortresses to keep out refugees from developing countries.