2. Structure of The Course 

The Fifth Annual CRG Winter Course on Forced Migration concluded on 15 December 2007. Although this course is called a course on forced migration, it also discusses the root causes for migrations/displacements, and issues such as racism, immigration and xenophobia in the context of displacements. The major thrust area of this course is South Asia although examples from other regions are also brought in for purposes of comparison and analysis. The course, as has already been mentioned earlier, is an outcome of the ongoing and past work by the CRG, and other collaborating groups, institutions, scholars, and human rights and humanitarian activists in the field of refugee studies and on displacement and human rights. The course structure is intended to take cognisance of the gendered nature of forced displacement in South Asia. It pays special attention to victims’ voices and their responses to national and international policies on rehabilitation and care. The course builds on CRG’s ongoing research on forced displacements in the region and hence it is constantly evolving.  It analyses mechanisms, both formal and informal, for empowerment of the displaced. It pays particular attention to different forms of vulnerabilities in displacement without creating hierarchies.  It is built around eight modules, five of which are compulsory and three others optional. From the three optional modules the participants are expected to select one for their study.

The Compulsory Modules: 

·          Forced Migration, racism, immigration and xenophobia

·          Gender dimensions of forced migration, vulnerabilities, and justice

·          International, regional, and the national regimes of protection, sovereignty and the principle of responsibility

·          Internal displacement with special reference to causes, linkages, and responses

·          Research Methodology in Forced migration Studies 

The Optional Modules: 

·          Resource politics, environmental degradation, violence and displacement

·          Ethics of care and justice

·          Media and Forced Migration