SRHR needs and challenges of refugee and internally displaced women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence highlights
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2023
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In 2019, more than 134 million people in 42 countries needed humanitarian due to wars, internal conflicts, natural disasters, or extreme poverty. Over 25 million of these people lived as refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs). More than half of them were aged 18 years or less. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) hosts 26 % of the world’s current refugee population, a figure that is expected to rise due to ongoing and new conflicts in many parts of the subregion. Compounding this situation is the continuing influx of Yemeni refugees into the volatile Horn of Africa. We conducted a rapid scoping review of the literature on the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) challenges of young women and girls in refugee and IDPs camps as well as promising solutions and best practices to address these challenges.
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SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, WOMEN, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, REFUGEE CAMPS, SOUTH OF SAHARA