Women Refugee

Women Refugee There have always been refugees: people who are forced from their home countries by conflict or repression or something else, and who must find new homes and new lives abroad. But there is something different about what's happening now. The world is experiencing a crisis more severe than anything it has seen in decades — and we are just beginning to wake up to what that means.

Women Refugee The current refugee crisis is global. The coverage has focused heavily on the refugees arriving in Europe, and especially on Syrian refugees. But in fact refugees are fleeing countries from Honduras to Nigeria to Myanmar and they are arriving in wealthy countries including the US and Australia, poorer ones like Turkey and Lebanon. It is a worldwide problem — one whose scale and severity is unmatched since World War II.

Women Refugee Pre and post resettlement experiences of forced migration can have profound effects on women's reproductive health as refugee women are more likely to: experience delays in accessing health services face disparities in reproductive health outcomes During the process of resettlement, women may face tremendous stressors including: accessing English-language training finding employment opportunities securing transportation, housing their children's education

Women Refugee Other stressor's include the woman's changing role within the traditional family context and loss of traditional social support networks. As a result, women's unmet reproductive health care needs may go unaddressed. Access to culturally sensitive care and support is crucial throughout the spectrum of a woman's life. This includes: care during pregnancy and childbirth as well as family planning counseling screening for gender-based violence asexually transmitted infections preventive health services (including cervical and breast cancer screenings) monitoring for emerging chronic disease

Women Refugee Health providers should be attuned to any traditional cultural practices that may influence reproductive health outcomes in order to provide services that meet the unique health care needs of refugee women. Health policy directives aimed towards improving quality of care, decreasing health care costs, and promoting women's reproductive health and wellness should consider both the social determinants of health responsible for health inequities and the influence of culture and acculturation processes.