A Need for Gender-Based Violence Prevention Programs in Somalia

Humanitarian emergencies increase the risk of gender-based violence, or violence that occurs based on socially ascribed gender differences. Recently our team at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing published a study on gender-based violence in Somalia, a country that has faced decades of war and natural disasters that have resulted in massive population displacements. Somalia’s Humanitarian The post A Need for Gender-Based Violence Prevention Programs in Somalia appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.
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