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Title Women, migration, and conflict : breaking a deadly cycle / Susan Forbes Martin, John Tirman, editors
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2009

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Contents Machine generated contents note: Legal Aspects of Conflict-Induced Migration by Women / Audrey Macklin -- Women, Conflict and Trafficking: Towards a Stronger Normative Framework for Protection / Susan Martin / Amber Callaway -- Forced Prostitution and Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation Among Women and Girls in Situations of Migration and Conflict: Review and Recommendations for Reproductive Health Care Personnel / Michele R. Decker / Sian Oram / Jhumka Gupta / Jay G. Silverman -- Women, Work, and War / Dale Buscher -- Women, Migration, Conflict and Risk for HIV / Jay G. Silverman / Jhumka Gupta / Anita Raj -- Barriers to Reproductive Health and Access to Other Medical Services in Situations of Conflict and Migration / Therese McGinn -- Culturally Competent Responses to the Effects of Armed Conflict on the Well-Being of Refugee Women / Elzbieta M. Gozdziak -- Sexual Violence during War and Forced Migration / Hani Mowafi / Jennifer Leaning / Susan Bartels -- Gendering Space for Forcibly Displaced Women and Children: Concepts, Policies and Guidelines / Camillo Boano / Roger Zetter -- Addressing the Needs of Displaced Women in Conflict and Post-conflict Situations / Sahir Abdul-Hadi
Summary An estimated 35 million people worldwide are displaced by conflict, and most of them are women and children. During their time away from their homes and communities, these women and their children are subjected to a horrifying array of misfortune, including privations of every kind, sexual assaults, disease, imprisonment, unwanted pregnancies, severe psychological trauma, and, upon return or resettlement, social disapproval and isolation. Written by the world's leading scholars and practitioners, this unique collection brings these problems - and potential solutions - into sharp focus. Based on extensive field research and a broad knowledge of other studies of the challenges facing women who are forced from their homes and homelands by conflict, this book offers in-depth understanding and problem-solving ideas. Derived from a project to advise U.N. agencies, it speaks to a broad array of students, scholars, NGOs, policymakers, government officials, and international organizations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Women refugees.
Forced migration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
Women refugees.
Forced migration.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Forced migration
Women refugees
Migration.
Forced migration.
Human trafficking.
Refugees.
Internally displaced persons.
Women.
Girls.
Sex crimes.
Prostitution.
Armed conflicts.
Form Electronic book
Author Martin, Susan F. (Susan Forbes)
Tirman, John.
ISBN 9789048128259
9048128250
9048128242
9789048128242