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Assessing the Communicative Ecology of Male Refugees in Namibia: A Study to Guide Health Communication Interventions on Multiple and Concurrent Sexual Partnerships
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Nakia Matthias
"Multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships (MCP) have been identified as a primary driver of HIV in Namibia. Consequently, a national social and behavior change communication (SBCC) campaign was launched to address this phenomenon. However, campaign messaging and activities do not target refugees, while research indicates that male refugees are particularly vulnerable to factors alluding to participation in MCP. A need persists to extend the resources from Namibia’s national MCP SBCC campaign to this group. This research sought to articulate the communicative ecology of Namibia’s male refugees to inform health communication initiatives concerned with MCP and HIV. Snapshot ethnography was conducted in Windhoek, Otjiwarongo and Osire Refugee Camp for 10 weeks. Participant mapping, interviews and go-alongs guided a grounded theory approach toward the illumination of the communicative ecology of Namibia’s male refugees. Analysis of the findings indicates that male refugees employ future orientations, mobility and communication assets to mitigate disempowering circ*mstances." Copyright 2011, Nakia Matthias, All Rights Reserved
Ilcan, S. 2013. "Pardoxes of Humanitarian Aid: Mobile Populations, Biopolitical Knowledge and Acts of Social Justice in Osire Refugee Camp". Mobilities, Knowledge, and Social Justice. Edited by Suzan Ilcan. Montreal and London: McGill-Queen's University Press.
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Vulnerability and Health Risks of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons: Strategies of Meeting their Needs for Sustainable Development
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Human displacement in form of internal displacement and refugee has become a nightmare to the global community's unfolding events in the middle East and Africa leading to increase in the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in the world. The influx of refugees and IDPs presented the problems and challenges of management of refugees and internally displaced persons to the African governments and heads of states which necessitated the intervention of United Nations High Commission on Refugees to take over the management of refugees in West African subregion. This however has not been able to address the humanitarian crisis posed by the escalating figures of refugees and internally displaced persons. This paper therefore attempted a holistic analysis of refugees and IDPs phenomenon globally with focus on West Africa and Nigeria with emphasis on conceptual clarification of refugees and IDPs, factors responsible for displacement, vulnerabilities of the displaced people, and response plan to manage humanitarian crisis occasioned by the phenomenon of refugees and IDPs.
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Informed by the capabilities approach and our own ethnographic research study conducted in collaboration with an international non-governmental organization that manages a Rwandan refugee camp, this article argues that accountability and empowerment play a dual and conditional relationship in human rights protection. On the one hand, accountability cannot be ensured when people lack the power to make their own choices and demand their rights; on the other hand, assurance of accountability and good governance is essential in empowering people and promoting their capabilities. Focusing on participants’ perspectives on the public health problem of gender-based violence, this article critiques the current accountability framework with its emphasis on transparent policy, surveillance mechanisms, and response to violations. Applying research participants’ experiences and suggestions, we expand the meaning of accountability to incorporate the capabilities approach in creating an accountability-enabling environment. This article argues that, in order to promote accountability with the aim of advancing the rights of women and girls, an empowering environment is needed that not only provides a formal process of holding perpetrators answerable for their actions but also enables people to demand their rights. The article ends by providing recommendations for agencies in furthering their work in promoting accountability and human rights.
Journal of international women's studies
Teenage Pregnancy in Refugee Camps: A Narrative Synthesis
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Solina Richter
Around 6.6 million adolescents worldwide are displaced by war or political conflicts, and a large proportion of this group is living in Africa. Moreover, the statistics show that 90% of the youth in this group experience conflict, poverty, and a lack of opportunity. Within this displaced group, teenage pregnancy is one of the most significant health issues. This paper aims to synthesize knowledge on teenage pregnancy in refugee camps. Different databases were used, namely Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, Medline (Ovid), and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global. Among 987 articles retrieved, only 10 were included in this narrative synthesis. The research gaps identified in this synthesis include limited literature on teenage pregnancy in refugee camps, limited articles on intersecting identities that contribute to teenage pregnancy in refugee camps, and the lack of a critical lens to explore teenage pregnancy in refugee camps. Research that adopts critical lenses within an...
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United Nations High Commission on Refugee and Management of Refugees in the West African Sub-Region
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While the literature on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) has evolved over the years to include the setting of humanitarian crises, it still has gaps in addressing holistic MHM which takes cultural and religious differences, such as that of Islamic and Arabic menstrual hygienic practices into consideration. This research will attempt to fill the evidence gap on MHM challenges experienced by the females themselves. This research builds on the past literature and qualitative data to further strengthen context-specific MHM in emergencies. The challenges faced by Muslim Syrian women in regard to managing their menstruation at refugee camps, specifically in za’atari camp, are explored by looking into the intersection of three areas: 1) Dignity Kits Assessment, 2) Islamic practices and 3) gender and religion sensitive camp design. This is done by reviewing past assessments of Za’atari camp’s MHM facilities and services to understand the evolution of camp MHM facilities while aligning it to data collected from refugees to better understand their practices. Data collected is done on two phases: Firstly, 29 surveys were collected by a random sample of refugee women in camp to identify main points of MHM challenges experienced. The survey is built in a historical way to assess challenges in Syria, on the way to the camp, and inside the camp to verify the authenticity of camp-specific challenges. Secondly, 18 women from the 29 were picked for an in depth face-to-face interview to further explore challenges experienced. Three key informants (KI) from UNFPA were contacted to discuss the shortcomings in services. They were not able to respond due to formalities regarding disclosing information. Key findings identified the following challenges: 1) Inadequacy in meeting context-specific dignity kit items 2) Limiting MHM to supplies, which in turn meant 3) lack of cultural and religious specific camp design, which also resulted from 4) insufficient communication with the female beneficiaries. A dearth in evidence on context-specific MHM in camps was also apparent. Further research on monitoring meeting minimum standards and adopting the concept of holistic MHM should be of interest.
