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Iraqi
Refugee Women and Girls in Jordan: Desperate and Alone
The war in
There are
also an estimated 2.8 million internally displaced people in Iraq, according to
the International Organization for Migration. Women and children are
particularly vulnerable and have been left alone because the men in the family
have often been killed.
In June
2007, the Women's Commission conducted a field mission to Jordan to meet with
Iraqi refugee women and youth to hear their stories firsthand. Refugees have
limited access to basic health services, including reproductive health care,
and they have little or no source of sustainable income. Iraqis report that
women and girls have resorted to selling their bodies to support themselves and
their families, and that domestic violence is a growing problem as a result of
the stressful and desperate situation families find themselves in.
Read Five Years Later, A Hidden Crisis, a report issued by the
International Rescue Committee's Commission on Iraqi Refugees.
The Women's
Commission produced a video on gender violence against Iraqi refugee women and
girls.
Violence
Against Women and Girls in the Iraq Crisis - Click Arrow on Website
Link to start video: http://www.womenscommission.org:80/special/jordan/index.php
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View more
short videos by the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children on this
issue:
Desperate and
Alone: Iraqi Refugee Women and Youth in Jordan
The Health
Care Crisis for Iraqi Refugees in Jordan
Browse our photo essay
on Iraqi refugees in Jordan.
From
The Field
Read our
diary entries to see how every day in Jordan is a fight for survival.
- "Terrible
things happened to me": Violence against Iraqi women and girls
(June 19, 2007)
- "Can
you help us?" Iraqi Refugees in Jordan (June 15, 2007)
Voices of Iraqi Women
- Download
our booklet and read firsthand: Voices of
Iraqi Refugee Women and Girls in Jordan
Media Coverage
- "Books,
Not Bombs," The
New York Times. Column by Nicholas Kristof on the need to
educated Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria. (June 26, 2008)
- Iraqi
Refugee Women and Youth: Sick and Suffering; U.S. and International
Community Must Support Health Sector Appeal (September 24, 2007)
- "What We Owe Iraq's Refugees." The Washington Post.
Megan McKenna and Sarah Chynoweth write a letter to the editor in support
of an editorial about the U.S. responsibility to Iraqi refugees,
especially in Jordan. (August 24, 2007)
- WBAI
99.5 FM. Wakeup Call. Megan McKenna
and Sarah Chynoweth talk about the plight of Iraqi refugee women and
children in Jordan. (August 9, 2007)
- Iraqi Refugees in Jordan:
Humanitarian Needs Dire;
U.S. and International Community Must Act Now (July 11,
2007)
- "The Hellish Situation of Iraqi Refugees."
Huffingtonpost.com blog. Blog post by Megan McKenna in response to John
Bolton's comment on denying responsibility for Iraqi refugees. (June 14,
2007)
- "Desperation in Amman." Huffingtonpost.com
Blog. Blog post by Megan McKenna. (June 18, 2007)
- Assistance
for Displaced Iraqi Women, Children and Youth Must Become a Global
Priority (January 29, 2007)
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Direct Link to Video:
IrAQI REFUGEES IN JORDAN
Gender-BASED VIOLENCE
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Direct Link to Video:
The Health Care Crisis for
IrAQI REFUGEES IN JORDAN
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