Minorities and Marginalized Groups
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The Intersection of Gender, Ethnicity, and Colonial Legacies in the Lives of Indigenous Women
Indigenous women across the world experience multiple and intersecting forms of oppression that stem from gender discrimination, racialization, and the…
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The Kurds: Statelessness, Cultural Suppression, and Political Struggles
The Kurdish people—an ethnolinguistic group dispersed principally across Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria—constitute one of the largest stateless populations in…
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Afro-descendant Communities: Historical Inequalities and Cultural Identity
Afro-descendant communities across the Atlantic world embody a complex interplay between historical processes of dispossession and resilient cultural formation. Scholarship…
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Roma Communities: Identity, Marginalization, and Pathways to Inclusion
Roma communities constitute one of Europe’s most historically entrenched and culturally distinct minority populations. Despite a long presence on the…
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Stateless Persons: Lack of Nationality and Access to Basic Rights
Statelessness—the condition in which an individual is not recognized as a national by any state—constitutes a distinct and persistent form…
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Legal Invisibility and Human Rights: Undocumented Migrants in Contemporary Governance
Undocumented migrants occupy a paradoxical position in contemporary states: simultaneously hyper-visible in political discourse yet legally invisible within the protections…
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Migrant Workers: Labour Exploitation and the Consequences of Inadequate Protections
Migrant workers occupy a central yet precarious position in contemporary labour markets. They perform essential work across agriculture, construction, domestic…
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Prisoners and the Formerly Incarcerated: Stigmatization and Reintegration Barriers
Successful reintegration of people released from prison remains a persistent challenge for criminal justice systems and for societies more broadly.…
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Homeless Populations: Social Exclusion, Housing Rights, and Public Policy
Homelessness is both a visible manifestation of acute material deprivation and an index of deeper processes of social exclusion. Scholarship…
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Youth in Marginalized Groups: Education, employment, and identity challenges
Youth who belong to socially, economically, or culturally marginalized groups confront intersecting barriers that shape trajectories through education, labour markets,…
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