Women, Migration, and Conflict Breaking a Deadly Cycle /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Forbes Martin, Susan. (Editor), Tirman, John. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Maternal and infant welfare.; Migration.; Developmental psychology.; Social Sciences.; Gender Studies.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Maternal and Child Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2825-9

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Preface: J. Tirman
• Introduction: S.F. Martin
• Legal Aspects of Conflict-Induced Migration by Women: A. Macklin
• Women, Conflict and Trafficking: Towards a Stronger Normative Framework for Protection: S.F. Martin, A. 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: M.R. Decker et al
• Women, Work, and War: D. Buscher
• Women, Migration, Conflict and Risk for HIV: A. Raj et al
• Barriers to Reproductive Health and Access to Other Medical Services in Situations of Conflict and Migration: T. McGinn
• Culturally Competent Responses to the Effects of Armed Conflict on the Well-Being of Refugee Women: E.M. Gozdziak
• Sexual Violence during War and Forced Migration: J. Leaning et al
• Gendering Space for Forcibly Displaced Women and Children: Concepts, Policies and Guidelines: R. Zetter, C. Boano
• Addressing the Needs of Displaced Women in Conflict and Post-conflict Situaitons: S. Abdul-Hadi.