Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces & reports:

IDPs in the Global North: Women's Journeys to Escape Domestic Violence (RID Blog, March 2023) [text]

The Intersection of Gender and Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa (Rice Univ., April 2023) [access]

- A compilation of 8 briefs that "consider how gender impacts displacement and migration, and how gender succeeds — or fails — to inform policies toward displaced individuals. Using detailed case studies of specific populations and host countries, the contributing authors — who include scholars from Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Palestine, Tunisia, and Lebanon — examine how women experience displacement differently from men."

Living in Fear After the “Beast” is Gone: Navigating GBV, Survival and Trauma in Asylum Settings (Borders and Limitations Blog, April 2023) [text]

"Reporters’ diary: What women who stay can tell us about migration," The New Humanitarian, 27 March 2023 [text]

Journal articles:

"Analysis of the Course of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Status of Newborns Born by Displaced Women," Актуальні проблеми сучасної медицини, vol. 23, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Azerbaijan.

"Cultural values that influence the adaptation of girls who are refugees from sub-Saharan Africa living in the United States," SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, vol. 3 (June 2023) [open access]

"Factors influencing quality of life among Syrian refugees pregnant women in Jordan: A cross-sectional study," Heliyon, vol. 8, no. 9 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

"Gender-based violence, religion and forced displacement: Protective and risk factors," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 22 March 2023 [open access]

"The Gory Details: Asylum, Sexual Assault, and Traumatic Memory," Sexes, vol. 4, no. 2 (March 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on the US.

"Refugee Women’s Volunteering as Resistance Practices to Micro‐Aggressions and Social Exclusion in the UK," Social Inclusion, Ahead of Print, 28 March 2023 [open access]

"Sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence among female migrants in Morocco: a cross sectional survey," BMC Women's Health, 23:174 (April 2023) [open access]

"'Step by Step We Were Okay Now': An Exploration of the Impact of Social Connectedness on the Well-Being of Congolese and Iraqi Refugee Women Resettled in the United States," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 7 (March 2023) [open access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 1 (Africa, Asia & MENA) (24 March 2023)

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues - Pt. 2 (Americas & Europe) (24 March 2023)