Identifying & Responding to Urban Refugees’ Risks of Gender-Based Violence – Mean Streets Report
Author: WUNRN
Date: February 28, 2016
IDENTIFYING & RESPONDING TO URBAN REFUGEES’ RISKS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE – MEAN STREETS REPORT
Women’s Refugee Commission – https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/gbv/resources/1272-mean-streets
An increasing majority of refugees live in cities and they face gender-based violence risks as a result of unmet needs and intersecting oppressions based on gender, race, sexual orientation, and disability among others. This new reality necessitates a monumental shift in humanitarian response.
A deeper understanding of the nuances and complexities of urban risks is essential to addressing violence and bridging the protection gaps affecting marginalized groups who have been traditionally overlooked in humanitarian response. Protecting refugees with heightened risks – women, adolescent girls, LGBTI individuals, persons with disabilities, sex workers and male survivors of sexual violence – requires innovative, tailored programming and outreach.
Full 148-Page 2016 Report
An analysis of the unique protection challenges and opportunities afforded by urban settings, including the risks specific to different groups.
Executive Summary – 4 Pages
And overview recommendations to mitigate GBV risks for urban refugees
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