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Sexual and gender-based violence in the European asylum and reception sector: a perpetuum mobile? Ghent University
Background: Refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants are at risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and subsequent ill-health in Europe; yet, European minimum reception standards do not address SGBV. Hence, this paper explores the nature of SGBV occurring in this sector and discusses determinants for 'Desirable Prevention'. Methods: Applying community-based participatory research, we conducted an SGBV knowledge, attitude and ...
Sociale fraude en menselijke waardigheid: een rondetafeldebat over fraudebestrijding en de OCMW's Ghent University
Over grenzen en/aan rechten: een rondetafelgesprek over het Belgische vluchtelingenbeleid Ghent University
Sexual violence and sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco: a community-based participatory assessment using respondent driven sampling Ghent University
Background: The European Union contracted Morocco to regulate migration from so-called "transit migrants" from Morocco to Europe via the European Neighbourhood Policy. Yet, international organisations signal that human, asylum and refugee rights are not upheld in Morocco and that many sub-Saharan migrants suffer from ill-health and violence. Hence, our study aimed at 1) investigating the nature of violence that sub-Saharan migrants experience ...
Sexual health is dead in my body : participatory assessment of sexual health determinants in refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands Ghent University
Background: Although migrants constitute an important proportion of the European population, little is known about migrant sexual health. Existing research mainly focuses on migrants' sexual health risks and accessibility issues while recommendations on adequate sexual health promotion are rarely provided. Hence, this paper explores how refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands define sexual health, search ...