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- Rosalind Evans
- Rachel Mayer
Abstract
This paper explores how the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) global priorities and strategies for refugee girls and boys are applied in long-term Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal. It examines UNHCR's interventions to prevent and respond to child protection issues, including separation from parents and caregivers, and early marriage. These are compared with community perceptions of, and assistance for, children living in difficult circumstances. Young refugees' own research on issues affecting children in the camps offers further insights into how protection is defined and experienced by children living in this context and their suggestions for community and bureaucratic responses.Priorités mondiales par rapport au contexte local : protection des enfants réfugiés bhoutanais au NépalCet article traite de la manière dont les priorités et les stratégies mondiales de l'HCR des Nations Unies relatives aux filles et aux garçons réfugiés sont appliquées dans les camps de réfugiés bhoutanais du Népal. Il examine les interventions de l'HCR afin de prévenir et de répondre aux questions de protection de l'enfance, y compris la séparation des parents et des personnes responsables, ainsi que le mariage précoce. Elles sont comparées à la manière dont la communauté perçoit les enfants qui vivent dans des circonstances difficiles et leur apporte une assistance. Les recherches menées par les jeunes réfugiés eux-mêmes sur les enfants qui vivent dans les camps donnent des informations supplémentaires sur la manière dont la protection est définie et vécue par les enfants vivant dans ce contexte et sur leurs suggestions pour les ripostes communautaires et bureaucratiques.Prioridades globais em relação ao contexto local: protegendo crianças refugiadas butanesas no NepalEste artigo analisa como as prioridades globais da UNHCR e as estratégias para meninas e meninos refugiados são aplicadas nos campos de refugiados butaneses no Nepal. O trabalho examina as intervenções da UNHCR na prevenção e resposta em relação às questões de proteção infantil, inclusive a separação dos pais e cuidadores e casamento precoce. Essas intervenções são comparadas com as percepções da comunidade em relação às crianças vivendo em circunstâncias difíceis e à assistência a elas. A pesquisa realizada pelos próprios jovens refugiados sobre questões que afetam as crianças nos campos oferece ideias adicionais sobre como a proteção é definida e vivenciada pelas crianças que estão vivendo neste contexto e suas sugestões de respostas comunitárias e burocráticas.Prioridades globales versus contexto local: la protección de la niñez butanesa refugiada en NepalEste ensayo analiza cómo se aplican las prioridades y estrategias globales del ACNUR para la niñez refugiada en los campamentos de refugiados butaneses en Nepal. Examina las acciones del ACNUR para prevenir y enfrentar las problemáticas de protección de la niñez, incluyendo la separación de los padres o tutores legales y el matrimonio precoz. Se comparan estas acciones con las percepciones que tiene la comunidad sobre los niños y niñas en circunstancias difíciles y la asistencia que se les presta. Las investigaciones sobre la infancia que han realizado jóvenes refugiados en los campamentos ofrecen nuevas perspectivas sobre cómo los niños y las niñas que ahí viven definen protección, cómo la viven y qué acciones plantean a la comunidad y al gobierno.
Suggested Citation
Rosalind Evans & Rachel Mayer, 2012.
"Global priorities against local context: protecting Bhutanese refugee children in Nepal,"
Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(4), pages 523-535, June.
Handle:
RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:22:y:2012:i:4:p:523-535
DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2012.672954
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