The Universal Applicability of the Refugee Status for Women: the Implication of Not Including Gender Based Violence As a Ground of Persecution

This STUDY addresses the sexual abuses refugee women face in their countries of origin which compels them to seek asylum in other countries as their own countries are not willing to offer considerable protection to them. Moreover it addresses the sexual abuses that these refugee women face in countries of asylum that inherently practice discrimination against them. Therefore this research paper aims at analyzing whether the refugee status is afforded universally for refugee women suffering sexual abuse.