Summary
Workshop: ‘Gender Sensitivity in Asylum Interviews’
In June we invited WiRL members to our third online workshop in which experts from academia and the field shared their knowledge and provided guidance based on their own experience as the basis for interactive work with participants.
Research and experience show that gender-sensitive asylum interviewing is critical for women and survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) to feel able to give a full account of the reasons for their claim. Without this, there is a risk of poor communication, re-traumatisation, misunderstanding, failure to collect relevant evidence and – consequently – an unfair decision. Due to limited guidance[1] and failure to implement existing guidance, evidence suggests that many claimants do not have a good experience at their interview.[2]
You can revisit Giulia’s presentation here.
Facilitators: Skye R. Tinevimbo Chirape, activist-practitioner and researcher on violence and trauma; Giulia Cragnolini, independent expert on migration and asylum; Jasmin Lilian Diab, scholar and expert on migration, gender and conflict studies.
Full biographies of Facilitators here.
Participants: This workshop was for advocates and caseworkers who work with asylum-seeking and refugee women and survivors of GBV, women with lived experience of the asylum interview process, researchers, decision-makers and campaigners.
Note: This was a closed workshop for a limited number of WiRL members. If you are not already a WiRL member but would like to learn more about future events like this, find out more about getting involved.
