TY - JOUR AU - Osaki, Keiko PY - 1997/10/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - When Refugees are Women: Emergence of the Issue on the International Agenda JF - Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees JA - Refuge VL - 16 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.25071/1920-7336.21929 UR - https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21929 SP - 9-16 AB - Using the latest refugee statistics availablefrom the United Nations HighCommissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR),the author examines, first, the presenceof women in refugee populations. Second,she chronologically reviews the efforts of the United Nations and UnitedNations agencies to heighten awarenessregarding the issue, and to resolve specificproblems that refugee women face.Lastly, the special needs for women refugeesare identified with implications forpossible program interventions. ER -