Through Her Eyes: Understanding Women’s Vulnerabilities In Migration
Women and girls on the move face critical health challenges. Their access to life-saving medical care is often limited due to violence, financial constraints, or insecurity. Lacking access to family planning services, they are at an increased risk of sexual violence, STIs, unwanted pregnancies, and unsafe abortions.
Whether they are refugees, migrants, asylum seekers, internally displaced, or fleeing conflict or persecution, they are often exposed to various forms of trauma. These traumatic experiences can have profound and lasting effects on their mental health. The stigma surrounding mental health issues can prevent women on the move from accessing the support they need.
Whether it is the Rohingya women in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Malaysia, the millions of internally displaced women and girls struggling in Afghanistan, or the women on their migration route through Latin America, they all require gender-sensitive strategies to ensure an effective response to their specific health needs.
