Unrecognized Burma Women as Refugee in India- They Need Protection against Gender- Based Violence

Abstract

In the present study, the researcher is going to consider the present status of women Burmese- Chin refugees, recognized as well as unrecognized one. It is worth mentioning that, between 75 to 80 percent of the world’s refugees is women and children and many of them have been living in camps and emergency situations for generations and India also is no exception. The women Chin refugees in India almost have not enjoyed the rights of education, occupation, freedom of movement and accessing to health care services and so forth.

Therefore, it is not enough to leave policies and practices in refugees to ad hoc administrative decision, especially when women refugees as vulnerable communities are under discriminatory conditions. Unfortunately the policies and strategies to incorporate women have not yet been implemented sufficiently to bring about the real improvement in the lives of Burmese refugee women in India and it is clear that refugees, men as well as women particularly those refugees who are living in camps in Mizoram are not getting all necessary assistance from Indian government. 

The present research work will prove that in Indie, the appropriate national law towards making law conforming to constitutional and international obligations and more state and international development level programs through international non-governmental and governmental agencies for protecting and empowerment of Burmese refugee women and reviewing UNHCR’s livelihoods programes to be needed.