Sexual Violence Against Refugee Women on the Move to and Within Europe

The objective of this overview is to present the issue of sexual violence (SV) against refugee women and girls and to discuss countermeasures that have been suggested or initiated by the Member States of the WHO European Region and national nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) between January (2015) and May 2016. A literature review was undertaken using Google scholar, the WHO publication database and a cross-search of journal databases.

Key wordsgender based violence / Rape / refugees / violence / Violence Against Women / women

CountriesAfghanistan / Europe / Iraq / Syria

CategoryPublication