Can a gender specific claim be denied?

Indeed, a gender-specific claim cannot be rejected simply because the group in question or its members face general oppression and the claimant’s fear of persecution is not supported by an individualized set of facts. Where the claimant has not, himself or herself, experienced the type of persecution, he or she fears, the claimant can use evidence of similarly-situated persons to demonstrate the risk and the unwillingness or inability of the state to protect (Dezameau, above, at paragraph 26; Salibian v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1990 CanLII 7978 (FCA), [1990] 3 F.C. 250 at pages 258 and 259).