Lore’s doctoral research echoes the UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR, 2013) concern that asylum authorities might base credibility assessments on stereotypical and erroneous perceptions of gender. Her research aims to analyse the gender-(in)sensitivities in assessments of asylum and non-refoulement procedures of persons fleeing sexual and gender-based violence (at the level of the Belgian asylum authorities and the European Court of Human Rights). Her research will collect data from 3 complementary resources: existing literature, asylum authorities (through case law analysis, KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices) surveys and qualitative interviews) and asylum seekers themselves (through qualitative interviews). This triangulation of input will expand the understanding of the asylum procedure and its gendered challenges and will contribute to the further theorization of asylum-specific gender studies.
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