Importance of Education as a Coping Strategy to Sudanese Refugee Women: A Qualitative Study from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

Authors

Jessica Gladden, Western Michigan UniversityFollow
Allyson Dykstra, Western Michigan UniversityFollow

Keywords

Sudan, refugee, education, hope, coping

Abstract

Research shows the level of importance that education plays in refugee youths’ lives. However, most research is completed with refugees who have resettled to a developed nation and rarely examines the needs and desires of refugee women living in refugee camps. This sub-section of a study examines the importance of education, as well as a hope of education, in a population of young Sudanese women living in Kakuma Refugee Camp. This study shows that the younger refugee women’s primary goal was education, although most were not able to participate in formal education at the time of the study. A hope for education and the ability of education to change the direction of their lives was highlighted.

Recommended Citation

Gladden, Jessica and Dykstra, Allyson (2021) "Importance of Education as a Coping Strategy to Sudanese Refugee Women: A Qualitative Study from Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 48: Iss. 2, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.4456
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol48/iss2/7