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  1. Identity Development of Nepali Bhutanese Young Women in Providence, RI Anna Quinn Advisor: Don Operario April 28, 2013

  2. Bhutanese Refugees

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  4. What I Learned • Young women had strong identities – Educational goals – Family roles – Community connections – Reinterpreting culture • Barriers to identity formation came from poverty and policy, not culture

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  6. Why is this important? • Women use agency to strategically construct identities • How we understand this process affects what we do to support refugees as they resettle in RI • Barriers identified through this research have policy solutions

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