04 February 2026

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Reports & book chapters:

“No One Cares About Us Anymore”: How U.S. Aid Cuts Have Intensified the Crisis for Women and Girls in Afghanistan (Refugees International, Jan. 2026) [text]

"Risks and Threats to Safe and Free Movement," Chapter in Regressions in Gender Equality, Women’s Human Rights, and Empowerment: The Other Side of the Coin (Springer, Jan. 2026) [open access]

Strengthening the Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Evidence in Refugee and Humanitarian Settings: How To Guide (Baobab Research Programme Consortium, Jan. 2026) [text]
- Note: Other publications produced by this programme are available via the Population Council's Knowledge Commons. 

Towards Safer Journeys: Migrant women and children’s experiences of separation, going missing or dying (Global Migration Lab, Jan. 2026) [access]
- Follow link for the summary report in English, French and Spanish, as well as data reports for Africa, the Americas and Europe, in English and French. See also related Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog post.

Journal articles:

"Availability and readiness to provide postabortion care in refugee settlements in Uganda: a signal functions analysis," BMJ Global Health, vol. 11, no. 1 (Jan. 2026) [open access]

"Beyond Gender: An Intersectional Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan," Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Latest Articles, 10 Jan. 2026 [ResearchGate]

"Empowered to Stay? Ugandan Refugee Policy and Community Support in Shaping Women’s Choices," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 26 Jan. 2026 [full-text]

"Examining factors associated with post-abortion family planning among women in refugee settings in Uganda," Women's Health, 15 Dec. 2025 [open access]

"Family planning awareness and contraceptive use among young Rohingya refugee women: A representative cross-sectional study in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh," Women's Health, 26 Jan. 2026 [open access]

"From Discrimination to Dominance? How Status Threat is Linked to Male Refugees’ Gender Beliefs," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 27 Jan. 2026 [open access]
- Focuses on Germany.

"'I chose to stay and fight my way through': Examining female immigrants’ re-integration and coping strategies following Traumatic experiences in Durban, South Africa," Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 24 (2026) [open access]

"'I Have Completely Exhausted Myself During This Journey': Female Citizens’ Experiential Migrantisation in the Face of Their Foreign Spouse’s Deportability," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 16, no 2 (2026) [open access]
- Focuses on Finland.

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