Women can suffer from persecution because of their sex. Each country has specific laws related to women in terms of how women should be treated by men. The laws are sometimes based on traditions and culture in that particular country.
Gender-Related persecution in refugee claims in Canada
The UN recognizes that the general approach to refugee claims from men’s prospective would be wrong and that women, homosexuals and also men, if their claim has to be seen from a gender prospective, deserve to be assessed with the