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Women's Concerns
Although the concerns of uprooted women may vary from context to context, cross-cutting issues such as maternal and reproductive health problems, gender discrimination, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including domestic violence and trafficking, are often identified as protection issues affecting women and girls. Women are particularly affected by restricted access to resources, limited education or training, and constrained participation in policy formulation and decision-making processes. They face the rigours of long journeys into exile, official harassment or indifference, and frequent sexual abuse - even after reaching an apparent place of safety. Women must cope with these threats while being nurse, teacher, breadwinner and physical protector of their families