Women and health in refugee settings: The case of displaced syrian women in Lebanon

Gender-Based Violence: Perspective from Africa, the Middle East, and India

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 119-143

  Usta, Jinan ^a   Masterson, Amelia Reese ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Refugee; Reproductive health; Sexual and gender based violence; Syrian women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943621381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16670-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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