The Ideal Refugees: Gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi Politics of Survival

Acronyms and Abbreviations

xv Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronyms AU African Union CEAS Coordinadora Estatal de Asociaciones Solidarias con el Sahara (State Coordinator of Associations in Solidarity with the Sahara) ECHO European Community Humanitarian Office FEDISSAH Federación Estatal de Instituciones Solidarias con el Pueblo Saharaui (Spain’s state federation of institutions, which are “in solidarity” with the Sahrawi people) HRW Human Rights Watch INGO international nongovernmental organization MENA Middle East and North Africa MINURSO UN Mission for the Referendum in the Western Sahara NGO nongovernmental organization NUSW National Union of Sahrawi Women OAU Organization of African Unity Polisario Front Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguiat el-Hamra and Río de Oro: the Sahrawi military and political liberation movement founded by students in 1973. Known in Spanish as the Frente Polisario SADR Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic SARC Research Project: Children and Adolescents in Sahrawi and Afghani Refugee Households: Living with the Effects of Prolonged Armed Conflict and Forced Migration xvi | acronyms and abbreviations SRC Sahrawi Red Crescent UJSARIO Youth Union of Saguiat el-Hamra and Río de Oro; known by its Spanish acronym (Unión de Jóvenes de Saguiat el-Hamra y Río de Oro) UN United Nations UNGA United Nations General Assembly UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees VAW Violence Against Women WFP World Food Programme Abbreviations fem. sing. feminine singular fem. pl. feminine plural m. sing. masculine singular m. pl. masculine plural n.d. no date n.a. no author undef. undefined def. defined The Ideal Refugees ...