Thematic Focus: Gender Issues

Blog posts & press:

Gender-based violence on the rise during lockdowns (UNHCR, Nov. 2020) [text]

- See also related press release.

Joint Letter from the High Commissioner of UNHCR and Executive Director of UN Women (Dec. 2020) [text]

Why so many Syrian women get divorced when they move to western countries (The Conversation, Dec. 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"Boys are more likely to be undernourished than girls: a systematic review and meta-analysis of sex differences in undernutrition," BMJ Global Health, vol. 5, no. 12 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

"Mapping Complex Systems: Responses to Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Three Refugee Camps," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Accepted 5 Jan. 2021 [abstract]

- Note: This open access article has been provisionally accepted but is not yet officially published. 

"Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Among Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Scenario," Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, vol. 13 (Dec. 2020) [open access]

"Trapped Between Borders: A Proposal to Apply International Legal Protection to Persecuted Women and Girls Who are Unable to Flee," UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy, vol. 26, no. 1 (2019-2020) [full-text]

Reports: 

Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies: Road Map 2021-2025 (Women's Refugee Commission, Nov. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also French version.

COVID-19 and Violence against Women and Children: A Third Research Round Up for the 16 Days of Activism (Center for Global Development, Dec. 2020) [text]

- Here are the first and second research round ups.

Critical Advice for President-elect Biden: A Comprehensive Approach for Displaced Women and Girls (Refugees International, Dec. 2020) [text]

Disruptions and Adaptations: The Effects of COVID-19 on Contraceptive Services across the Humanitarian-Development Nexus (Women's Refugee Commission, Dec. 2020) [text]

Domestic Implementation of International Humanitarian Law Prohibiting Sexual Violence: A Checklist for States and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRC, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Sexual and Gender-based Violence: A Glossary from A to Z (FIDH, Nov. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

- See also Spanish version.

Situación de las mujeres y personas con Orientación Sexual e Identidad de Género Diversas, refugiadas y migrantes en Colombia (Govt. of Colombia, Dec. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings, 8 Dec. 2020 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

Women Seeking Refuge: Protection and Displacement in 2021, 1 Dec. 2020 [access]

- Follow link for video recording.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 1 (19 Dec. 2020)

- Thematic Focus: Gender Issues - Pt. 2 (19 Dec. 2020)