Obtaining employment is a high priority for people with refugee backgrounds in countries of resettlement and an important aspect of integration. There are a range of barriers to gaining work for new arrivals; however, much of the existing quantitative evidence on characteristics of employment and facilitators and barriers to work faced by refugees does not consider gender or focuses primarily on men. We used a large, longitudinal survey of over 2000 refugees to Australia to identify characteristics of employment for refugee women and factors associated with the likelihood of employment. Refugee women had lower rates of employment compared with pre‐migration and were concentrated in lower‐skilled occupations. There were gender differences in predictors of employment outcomes and English language proficiency, living outside major cities and self‐assessed health were all significant determinants of employment for refugee women. The findings highlight the need for specifically considering the employment trajectories of refugee women and the importance of a gender‐informed employment strategy for new arrivals.

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难民妇女与工作：澳大利亚纵向研究的证据


获得就业是重新安置国具有难民背景的人的首要任务，也是融入社会的一个重要方面。新移民获得工作存在一系列障碍；然而，关于难民的就业特征以及工作的促进因素和障碍的现有定量证据大多没有考虑性别或主要关注男性。我们对 2000 多名澳大利亚难民进行了一项大型纵向调查，以确定难民妇女的就业特征以及与就业可能性相关的因素。与移民前相比，难民妇女的就业率较低，并且集中于低技能职业。就业结果和英语语言能力的预测因素存在性别差异，居住在大城市之外以及自我评估的健康状况都是难民妇女就业的重要决定因素。研究结果强调需要特别考虑难民妇女的就业轨迹，以及针对新移民制定基于性别的就业战略的重要性。