Displaced Women and Girls at Risk: Risk Factors, Protection Solutions and Resource Tools

Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Author: 
Women's Refugee Commission

There is a growing understanding among practitioners and policy makers that the experiences of women and girls vary significantly from that of men during flight, in exile and once peace has been brokered or populations return home. Less, however, is understood about the many forms of violence and risks to women's safety and wellbeing during various phases of displacement, and how to address them.

Document PDF: 

Displaced Women and Girls at Risk: Risk Factors, Protection Solutions and Resource Tools, WRC (2006).

Disp-HumAsst-Prot_DisplacedRisk_WCRWC_2006_0.pdf