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  1. Research

    Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societes, Shattered Lives

    Cole, Ellen, Olivia M. Espin, and Esther D. Rothblum. 1992. Refugee Women and Their Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives. New York: Haworth Press.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Gender, Women, Health, Mental Health, Torture Keywords: female refugees, mental health

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    Women and War: Militarism, Bodies, and the Practice of Gender

    Riley, Robin L. 2008. “Women and War: Militarism, Bodies, and the Practice of Gender.” Sociology Compass 2 (4): 1192-1208. 

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Gender, Women, Masculinity/ies, Gender Analysis, Femininity/ies, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Political Participation, Sexuality, Sexual Torture Keywords: refugees

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    True Survivors: East African Refugee Women

    Schafer, Loveness H. 2002. “True Survivors: East African Refugee Women.” Africa Today 49 (2): 29-48.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, International Law, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women, Torture Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia

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    Sexual Violence, a Method of Torture Also Used against Male Victims

    Van Tienhoven, Harry. 1992. “Sexual Violence, a Method of Torture Also Used against Male Victims.” Nordisk Sexologi 10 (4): 243–9.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Gender, Men, Sexual Violence, Sexuality, Sexual Torture

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    Sexual Torture of Political Prisoners: An Overview

    Agger, Inger. 1989. “Sexual Torture of Political Prisoners: An Overview.” Journal of Traumatic Stress 2 (3): 305-318.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Health, Trauma, Sexuality, Torture, Sexual Torture

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    A Narrative Study of Refugee Women Who Have Experienced Violence in the Context of War

    Berman, Helene, Estrella Rosa Irías Girón, and Antonia Ponce Marroquin. 2006. “A Narrative Study of Refugee Women Who Have Experienced Violence in the Context of War.” Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 38 (4): 32-53.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma, Sexual Violence, Rape, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, SV against Women, Torture, Sexual Torture, Violence Regions: Americas, Central America, North America, South America, Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe Countries: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala Keywords: refugees, women, war, violence, trauma, narrative, health

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    Refugees, Race, and Gender: The Multiple Discrimination against Refugee Women

    Pittaway, Eileen, and Linda Bartolomei. 2001. “Refugees, Race, and Gender: The Multiple Discrimination against Refugee Women.” Refuge 19 (6): 21-32.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, IDPs, Refugees, Refugee/IDP Camps, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Health, Mental Health, Trauma, International Law, International Humanitarian Law (IHL), International Organizations, Race, Rights, Human Rights, Sexual Violence, Male Perpetrators, Rape, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, SV against Women, Torture, Sexual Torture, Violence Regions: Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, Balkans, Oceania Countries: Australia

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    Somali and Oromo Refugee Women: Trauma and Associated Factors

    Robertson, Cheryl L., Linda Halcon, Kay Savik, David Johnson, Marline Spring, James Butcher, Joseph Westermeyer, and James Jaranson. 2006. "Somali and Oromo Refugee Women: Trauma and Associated Factors." Journal of Advanced Nursing 56 (6): 577-87.

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    Topics: Age, Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma, Torture Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Somalia Keywords: female refugees, trauma, Torture, posttraumatic stress disorder, mental health

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