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Violence Perpetuating Violence

By Guest PostMarch 17, 2013Health, Politicsamerican refugee committee, armed conflict, burma, burmese soldiers, conflict, gender based violence, intimate partner violence, ipv, ivory coast, jhumka gupta, kate falb, kathryn falb, myanmar, partner violence, physical violence, political changes, refugee women, sexual abuse, tak province, thai border, thai burma border, umpiem mai camp, west african country, western media

YSPH Postdoc Examines how Armed Conflict Increases the Incidence of Intimate Partner Violence

The armed conflict in Burma is not one that receives much attention in the western media. But it has forced thousands of people to flee their homes and seek relative safety just over the border in Thailand.

But once there, refugee women face another peril entirely that continues to threaten their well-being: intimate partner violence.

In a research paper that was recently published in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Yale School of Public Health postdoctoral research associate Kathryn Falb found that refugee women living in three Thai border camps experience widespread physical violence, not by Burmese soldiers, but by the men who fled with them in the first place. (more…)

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Violence Perpetuating Violence