1. Women Refugee

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.