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| Title | Fiji: Information on the status of unwed single mothers within the Muslim and Hindu communities, on how an unwed Muslim mother would be considered in her community if the father of her child was Hindu, on whether the unwed Muslim mother would be precluded from employment because of her status, and on the availability of human rights and women's associations which provide help and support to these single mothers |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | Fiji |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | FJI20538.E |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Fiji: Information on the status of unwed single mothers within the Muslim and Hindu communities, on how an unwed Muslim mother would be considered in her community if the father of her child was Hindu, on whether the unwed Muslim mother would be precluded from employment because of her status, and on the availability of human rights and women's associations which provide help and support to these single mothers, 1 May 1995, FJI20538.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ac828.html [accessed 3 June 2012] |
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Fiji: Information on the status of unwed single mothers within the Muslim and Hindu communities, on how an unwed Muslim mother would be considered in her community if the father of her child was Hindu, on whether the unwed Muslim mother would be precluded from employment because of her status, and on the availability of human rights and women's associations which provide help and support to these single mothers
For information on associations for the protection of women's rights in Fiji, please consult the attached documents. Information on the other aspects of the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
For information on the general status of unwed single mothers within the Hindu-Fijian community, please refer to section 7, "Kinship, family and gender" of the IRBDC cultural profile on Fiji published in July 1991 under the title The Indo-Fijians: History, Culture, Social Structure.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Attachments
Encyclopedia of Women's Associations Worldwide. Edited by Jacqueline K. Barrett. London: Gale Research International Ltd, p. 52.
Women's Movements of the World: An International Directory and Reference Guide. 1988. Edited by sally Shreir. London: Longman Group UK, pp. 85-86.
Sources consulted
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. U.S. Department of State. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992. Edited by George Thomas Kurian. New York: Facts on File
Material from the Indexed Media Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the Weekly Media Review.
On-line searches of news articles (NEXIS).
Oral sources.
Publications on the status of women available to the DIRB.
Women's Movements in the World. 1990. London: Longman.
The Minority Rights Group Reports. Various dates. London: La force des faibles. 1987. Paris: Larousse.
The World's Women. Yearly. New York: United Nations.
Topics: Muslim, Hindu, Human rights, Womens rights, Single head of household,
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