This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Giri, B. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Mourning the 15th Anniversary of Crisis: The Plight of Bhutanese Refugee Women and Children

Open University, UK

Few women are involved in combat, but many become the victims of political upheavals. The imbroglio of over 130,000 Bhutanese refugees of Nepali origin (Lhotshampa), is a case to point. As the government of Bhutan began to forcibly evict so-called ‘illegal immigrants’ in the late 1980s, Lhotshampa women, as well as children, were reportedly beaten, raped, or often killed by the Bhutanese security forces. A number of articles and books have appeared concerning the Lhotshampa refugees crisis as a whole. However, a study specifically devoted to the plight of the refugee women and children is yet to be conducted. In the wake of several rape and child abuse cases in the refugees camps in Nepal, this article looks at the vulnerabilities experienced by Lhotshampa women and children, particularly since the early 1990s.

Key Words: abuse • Bhutanese refugees • children • violence • women

Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 40, No. 5, 345-369 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0021909605057742


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?