Göçün Cinsiyeti: Türkiye’deki Suriyeli Mülteci Kadınlar Üzerine Bir Çalışma

Bu makale, feminist Uluslararası İlişkiler yaklaşımları ve güvenlik çalışmaları bakış açısından Suriyeli kadınların göç deneyimlerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Türkiye, Suriye iç savaşından kaçan yaklaşık 1.6 milyon Suriyeli kadına ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. Suriyeli göçmenler genel olarak farklı bir ülkeye uyum sağlama, bu ülkede yaşama ve çalışma ile ilgili sıkıntılar yaşarken, kadınlar ayrıca ataerkinin ev sahibi ülkede yeniden kurulması sürecinde toplumsal cinsiyet kaynaklı güvensizlikler deneyimlemektedir. Feminist Uluslararası İlişkiler çalışmalarının da öne sürdüğü gibi, toplumsal cinsiyet, bireylerin güvensizliklerini incelemek için oldukça kullanışlı bir araçtır. Çalışmada, Kocaeli’de yaşayan Suriyeli mülteci kadınlarla yapılan görüşmeler sonucunda elde edilen veriler ışığında toplumsal cinsiyetin mülteci kadınların güvensizlik algılarını nasıl şekillendirdiği araştırılmaktadır. Makale, kadınların çatışma bölgesinden ayrılma kararları, farklı bir ülkeye yerleşme deneyimleri ve yeni toplumsal çevrelerindeki güvenlik algıları üzerinde toplumsal cinsiyetin etkisini analiz etmektedir.

The Gender of Migration: A Study on Syrian Refugee Women in Turkey

This paper aims to adopt a feminist perspective on InternationalRelations and security studies by focusing on Syrian women’sexperiences of migration. Turkey hosts around 1.6 million Syrian womenwho fled the country with the start of the civil war. While Syrianrefugees altogether face problems related to adjusting to, living andworking in a different society, women may face gendered insecuritiesthat are related to the reconstruction of patriarchy within the refugeecommunity in the host country. As the feminist International Relationsstudies argue, gender is a useful instrument in analysing the insecuritiesof human beings. Based on data collected through interviews withSyrian women living in Kocaeli city, this study aims to reveal how gendershapes Syrian refugee women’s perceptions of insecurity. The articleanalyses women’s decisions to leave the conflict zone, to settle in adifferent country, and their perceptions of security in their new socialenvironment.

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