The use of the “male network” as a form of protection under Swedish asylum adjudication - A gender-sensitive analysis of Article 1.A (2) of the 1951 Refugee Convention
The availability of a “male network” of family members and/or friends may be decisive for the outcome of a woman’s asylum application. As it is recognised under the jurisprudence of ECtHR and Swedish asylum adjudicators that women, who originates from countries where societal structures maintain women’s reliance on men, are particularly vulnerable. The Migration Agency, the Swedish decision-making