Forced migration and sexual and gender-based violence: findings from the SEREDA project in Scotland
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2022Author
Phillimore, Jenny
Jamal, Zeina
Noubani, Aya
Hourani, Jeanine
Baillot, Helen
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Phillimore, J., Jamal, Z., Noubani, A., Hourani, J. and Baillot, H. (2022) Forced migration and sexual and gender-based violence: findings from the SEREDA project in Scotland. Birmingham: University of Birmingham.
Abstract
Forced migration is gendered with men and women experiencing displacement in different ways
and nearly half of the world’s forced migrants being women and children. All forced migrants are
vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) which includes any form of violence whether
physical, emotional, sexual, structural or symbolic which is inflicted on the basis of socially ascribed
gender roles. However, women and children are most vulnerable to SGBV. The SEREDA project
sought to understand the nature and incidence of SGBV experienced by forced migrants residing in
countries of refuge. This report outlines the findings of SEREDA interviews in Scotland focusing on
the Scottish policy context and how SGBV survivors might be better protected and supported within
this context.