No information on the current situation of women who have been disowned by their families and have no family or social support could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Three oral sources did not reply within the time constraints of this Response.

IRB databases

NEXIS

Internet sites including:

allAfrica

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

Women's International Network News

Women Watch

World Bank

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