Sexual and gender-based violence against refugee women: a hidden aspect of the refugee "crisis"

The current refugee “crisis” in Europe has created multiple forms of vulnerability and insecurity for refugee women including various forms of sexual and gender-based violence. Increasing numbers of women, either alone or with family, are attempting to reach Europe to seek protection from conflict a...

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Published in:	Reproductive health matters Vol. 24; no. 47; pp. 18 - 26
Main Author:	Freedman, Jane
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.05.2016 Taylor & Francis Elsevier BV Elsevier
Subjects:	asylum Border patrol agents Domestic violence Europe Female Gender studies Human trafficking Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Internal Medicine International borders ISSUES IN CURRENT POLICY Men Obstetrics and Gynecology Politics Refugees Reproductive health Sex Offenses - statistics & numerical data sexual and gender-based violence Sexual violence Violence - statistics & numerical data Violence against women Warfare Women's Health Women's Rights Womens rights sexual and gender-based violence refugees Europe asylum Migration and politics Réfugiés Genre et 'gender
ISSN:	0968-8080, 1460-9576, 1460-9576
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