The Double Burden of Female Protracted Displacement : Survey Evidence on Gendered Livelihoods in El Fasher, Darfur
During protracted displacement, women and girls often face serious gender-specific challenges and vulnerabilities, including adverse norms and institutional barriers. Yet, quantitative evidence on gendered drivers and differentials during protracted...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/582571635477505457/The-Double-Burden-of-Female-Protracted-Displacement-Survey-Evidence-on-Gendered-Livelihoods-in-El-Fasher-Darfur http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36475 |
| Summary: | During protracted displacement, women
and girls often face serious gender-specific challenges and
vulnerabilities, including adverse norms and institutional
barriers. Yet, quantitative evidence on gendered drivers and
differentials during protracted displacement remains scarce.
Using survey data from 18,533 displaced and non-displaced
individuals in El Fasher, Sudan, this paper documents that
livelihood outcomes are significantly shaped by strong and
complex intersectionality between long-term displacement and
gender. Being female and being a long-term displaced person
have separate negative impacts on work and welfare.
Therefore, being a long-term displaced woman is particularly
challenging: internally displaced women work more than
non–internally displaced women but are poorer, on average.
For men, there is no such difference in employment between
the internally displaced and non–internally displaced. These
outcomes are the result of the ‘double burden of female
displacement’: women are disadvantaged by norms and
institutions both at their destination (due to being a
displaced person) and their place of origin (due to their
gender). The double burden is strongest for older displaced
women. In contrast, protracted displacement can be an
opportunity for younger displaced women. Future policies
should address the challenges stemming from the
intersectionality of gender and displacement and develop
targeted programs. |
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