Women, Migration, and Conflict Breaking a Deadly Cycle /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Forbes Martin, Susan (Editor), Tirman, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Maternal and child health services.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Sociology.; Emigration and immigration.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; Migration.; Gender Studies.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Maternal and Child Health.

An estimated 35 million people worldwide are displaced by conflict, and most of them are women and children. During their time away from their homes and communities, these women and their children are subjected to a horrifying array of misfortune, including privations of every kind, sexual assaults,...