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Ethical & Safety Recommendations for Researching, Documenting and Monitoring Sexual Violence in Emergencies Guidance
01 Oct, 2019
It is generally accepted that the prevalence of sexual violence is underreported almost everywhere in the world. This is an inevitable result of survivors’ well-founded anxiety about the potentially harmful social, physical, psychological and/or legal consequences of disclosing their experience of sexual violence. In emergency situations, which are characterized by instability, insecurity, fear, dependence and loss of autonomy, as well as a breakdown of law and order, and widespread disruption of community and family support systems, victims of sexual violence may be even less likely to disclose incidents.
Tearing Down the Walls - UNHCR, June 2019
11 Jul, 2019
UNHCR's latest report called "Tearing Down The Walls: Confronting The Barriers To Internationally Displaced Women And Girls’ Participation In Humanitarian Settings" is published.