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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.
Voices of Iraqi Women
Media Coverage
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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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