Home is Where the Brute Lives: Asylum Law and Gender-Based Claims of Persecution

Authors

Anjana Bahl, King's College, University of London

Abstract

The article argues that gender-based persecution should be recognized as a valid ground for asylum under the refugee definition, emphasizing the need to expand the interpretation of "particular social group" to include women facing persecution due to their gender. It highlights the challenges women face in meeting the legal standards for asylum, particularly under U.S. law, and advocates for a more inclusive framework to address gender-based violence and discrimination.

Disciplines

Human Rights Law | Immigration Law | Law | Law and Gender

Recommended Citation

Anjana Bahl, Home is Where the Brute Lives: Asylum Law and Gender-Based Claims of Persecution, 4 Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just. 33 (1997).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol4/iss1/4