The Challenges of Social and Urban Livelihood for Refugee Women: A Case Study of Social Integration Process of Urban Refugee Women from the Great Lakes Region
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kassa, Getachew(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ali, Suleyman | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-21T07:28:18Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T12:01:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-21T07:28:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T12:01:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Little or no research has focused upon how different factors combine to influence the refugee integration experience of urban refugees living in Addis Ababa. This is particularly true for refugees originating from a relatively distant land such as the GLR. Nevertheless, there is little research into the lives of such refugees. Hence, my research is exploratory looking into the social integration process and livelihood of GLR urban refugee women. Considering the smaller number of GLR urban refugees, purposive sampling was used. One FGD with a group of nine refugees and two key informant interviews as well as qualitative open-ended questionnaires were used to do the research distributed to eight refugees. Moreover, officers working in the ARRA, UNHCRBO, DICAC and JRS were consulted /interviewed and responded to questions emailed to them. Data organization followed the data collection. The analysis was made in light of the research questions and objectives as well as the hypothesis produced at the start of the research work. Interviews with key informants and the recorded FGD were transcribed. I sorted out the issues which I thought were recurrently mentioned in the FGD, the open-ended questionnaire replies as well as the key informant interviews. The analysis continued with some sort of conclusion for each sub-topic discussed. The findings of this study have shown that GLR refugees living in Addis Ababa have to face challenges in their attempt to become socially integrated. Refugees of the GLR face different challenges and barriers and in many cases are less advantageous compared to their counterparts living in camps. Difficulties in learning Amharic have often made it difficult for GLR refugees to communicate with the host community which leads to less socialization. When coupled with language and cultural differences, and the lack of work permit, GLR refugee women are left in a vulnerable situation. In such situation, securing self reliance is nearly impossible. For many they have to rely on humanitarian assistance | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/2537 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social Work | en_US |
| dc.title | The Challenges of Social and Urban Livelihood for Refugee Women: A Case Study of Social Integration Process of Urban Refugee Women from the Great Lakes Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |