Building sustainable and decent refugee livelihoods through adult education? Interplay between policies and realities of five refugee groups

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ID11159482
AuthorsPreeti Dagar (0000-0003-3760-9189, University of Glasgow UK, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume50
Issue2
Pages713-731
Publication date2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-1926 • E-ISSN: 1469-3518
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/berj.3943
OpenAlexW4389951153
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited52

Most of the world's refugees live in Global South countries, where they struggle to find quality education and opportunities for decent livelihoods. This paper explores the underexamined yet highly relevant interlinkage between sustainable livelihoods and adult learning among urban refugees residing in three major cities in India. It speaks to the tight intersection of education, livelihoods and aspirations of five refugee communities: Afghan, Rohingya, Somali, Chin and Tibetan. Building on interviews, focus groups and participatory drawing sessions involving 66 refugee and staff respondents, the study highlights the refugees' extremely limited learning opportunities, which result in low skills and being forced to take discriminatory and undignified work in the informal sector. By integrating the capabilities approach with sustainable livelihoods, the paper argues for more diverse educational opportunities and a broader understanding of refugee livelihoods that goes beyond pure economics to encompass consideration of freedom and human dignity

Agriculture · Development economics · Dignity · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Livelihood · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Somali · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact

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