Complexity of Violences Towards Afghanistan Refugee Women in DKI Jakarta

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10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_40How to use a DOI?

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Refugee; Asylum Seeker; Afghanistan; Violence

Abstract

The increasing number of foreign refugees throughout the world also has an impact on Indonesia as a developing country that is used as a transit country by foreign refugees. By 2016, according to UNHCR, in Indonesia there were 13,840 refugees and asylum seekers who came from many countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran, Iraq due to various reasons. Among these refugees, 4,428 are women. And more than a half are Afghanistan women. In Indonesia, refugees and asylum seekers cannot work and get formal education because Indonesia is not a country that ratified the 1950 Convention and the 1967 Protocol. Therefore, many refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia have many social problems, especially women. For refugees and asylum seekers in DKI Jakarta — the city with the largest number of Afghanistan refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia — these problems come in various forms such as; difficult accessing basic needs, being neglected, marginalized, as well having physical and sexual violence. This paper seeks to explain the experience and complexity of the violence experienced by Afghanistan women refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia by adopting Johan Galtung’s concept of violence namely direct violence, cultural violence and structural violence. The authors of this paper developed it based on data collected through observation and in-depth interviews with 5 subjects. The data collection and analysis apply a gender perspective approach to gender dimension and related socio-cultural dimensions of experiences of Afghanistan women refugees and asylum seekers. This paper argues that Afghanistan women refugees and asylum seekers have been experiencing complex forms and sources of violence that in line with their differences in social, economic and past status.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chenia Ilma Kirana
AU  - Ani Widyani Soetjipto
AU  - Mia Siscawati
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/29
TI  - Complexity of Violences Towards Afghanistan Refugee Women in DKI Jakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the fourth Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Stream (AHS-APRISH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 514
EP  - 524
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_40
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_40
ID  - Kirana2023
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