Hidden violence is silent rape: Sexual and gender-based violence in refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 505-520

  Keygnaert, Ines ^a   Vettenburg, Nicole ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; prevention; refugees; risk factors; sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREJUDICE; REFUGEES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860339712     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.671961     Document Type: Article

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