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The Future of Women’s Refuges: A Vision for the Future, A Voice From the Future
Tillie Prowse
This article in the March 2018 edition of Parity discusses the future of women refugees. Among other things, the author calls for a recognition by politicians, legislators and policy writers that gender inequality is both the core of the...
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Australia & Oceania
‘Neither here nor there’: Refugee young people and homelessness in Australia
In Australia, one in four young people are from a refugee or migrant background. Young people from refugee backgrounds are some of the most vulnerable people in our community and they might reasonably be expected to have different complex...
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Australia & Oceania
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