03954cas|a2200433 i 4500 20260817172451.0 020521s2001 th u m rtt 0| a1eng d .b11855654 AIT Thesis no.GD-01-10 Bruhn, Andrea Changing gender relations of Tibetan refugees in India Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 75 leaves Thesis ; no. GD-01-10 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 This feminist ethnographic and historical study analyzes how gender relations are reproduced, produced and transformed in the context of a refugee population and through its interaction with the majority population of the receiving country. In this context, the interaction of internal and external structures and women's agency that enable and undermine change are identified and discussed. The specific refugee context of Tibetans who sought refuge in India after China occupied their country in 1959 was taken up. They are now a well-established community in India with succeeding generations. There is considerable change in gender relations to the advantage of women. In Tibet, the female agents strategically acquiesced in their restricted space in the domestic sphere - their role as legitimized by Buddhism that describes a male-created and women-constraining structure. After the arrival in exile, traditional gender relations were renegotiated. Because men lost access to structural resources, they could assert less power over women. Thus, in comparison to independent Tibet, gender relations became more equal. With the establishment of the Tibetan settlements, a reproduction of gender relations was anticipated. However, the Tibetan education system - with the two-fold means of preserving traditional culture and providing modern Indian education - acted as the main enabling structural resource to renegotiate gender relations to the advantage of women. At present, women are - seemingly unnoticed - overrepresented on higher educational levels. The continuous change set the parameters for increasing employment opportunities for women and their ability to take over jobs that were formerly dominated by men. However, as gender relations are subject to constant negotiation, men will anticipate reasserting their power in the future. Sex role India Resurreccion, Bernadette P., Chairperson Kusakabe, Kyoko, Examination Committee Zimmermann, Willi, Examination Committee European Commission, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GD-01-10 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B08443 .b11855654 mnait z 250612 0 020521 m a z 0 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120672331 CREATED : 2000-12-22 RECORD # : i12283459 LPATRON : 1024352 LCHKIN : 2014-08-05 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 35 TOT RENEW : 25 Barcode : 30050120672323 CREATED : 2000-12-22 RECORD # : i12283460 LPATRON : 1022298 LCHKIN : 2012-10-13 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 25 TOT RENEW : 24 Barcode : 30050120228662 CREATED : 2016-04-26 RECORD # : i12953349 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120243554 CREATED : 2016-02-09 RECORD # : i13053462 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 16227 16227 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-01-10 30050120672331 2026-08-17 17:24:51 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-01-10 30050120672323 2026-08-17 17:24:51 2 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-01-10 30050120228662 2026-08-17 17:24:51 1 2026-08-17 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.GD-01-10 30050120243554 2026-08-17 17:24:51 3 2026-08-17 20