Table 3 Overview of grey literature articles (n = 37) included in scoping review on sexual and reproductive health of urban forcibly displaced persons in low and middle-income countries
Organization (year) | Region | Population | SRH focus | Objective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Care Jordan (2013) [93] | Irbid, Madaba, Mufraq and Zarqa, Jordan | Syrian urban refugees | SGBV/IPV | An assessment of the condition of Syrian refugees in urban areas |
Humanitarian Policy Group (2010) | Nairobi, Kenya | Urban refugees | SGBV/IPV | An exploratory review to understand the specific challenges of this community and examine the policy framework and assistance available to them |
Humanitarian Policy Group (2011) | Nairobi, Kenya | Internally displaced persons | SGBV/IPV | To understand drivers for displacement, review policy frameworks for IDPs, and identify how the international community can aid |
Humanitarian Practice Network (2004) [82] | N/A | Conflict-afflicted peoples | General SRH | To describe advances in policy and what is known about reproductive health needs to equip humanitarian practitioners with essential information for delivering effective reproductive health services to people in crises |
International Rescue Committee (2013) [90] | Jordan | Syrian refugees | SGBV/IPV | To assess responses for Syrian refugees as they relate to off-camp and urban programming to understand their conditions and improve program design |
MOSAIC and Gender Justice & Society (2020) | Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey | Refugees and internally displaced persons | SGBV/IPV | To understand the impacts of conflict and displacement resulting from the Syrian civil war on LGBTIQ + persons |
Norwegian Refugee Council and The Liaison Office (2015) | Jalalabad, Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan | Urban internally displaced persons | SGBV/IPV | To assess the needs and vulnerabilities of displaced urban young women and girls in Afghanistan to inform programming |
Physicians for Human Rights (2020) | Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh | Refugees | SGBV/IPV | To corroborate accounts of sexual violence reported as part of the 2017 attacks on the Rohingya with new data from health care workers and describe the physical and mental health needs of Rohingya survivors and the availability of services to meet these needs |
Reproductive Health for Urban Refugees Initiative Forced Migration and Refugees Study (FMRS) Program The American University in Cairo (2003) | Cairo, Egypt | Refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia | SRH literacy | To describe an action research project designed to provide urban refugees with relevant information pertaining to health issues they may face and problem-solving strategies |
UNHCR (2004) [83] | N/A | Refugees and internally displaced persons | General SRH | To use the framework for implementation outlined in the Inter-agency Field Manual of Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations, to evaluate reproductive health services to refugees and internally displaced persons |
UNHCR (2009) [101] | Nairobi, Kenya | Urban refugees | SGBV/IPV | To document concerns and problems shared by the urban refugee communities regarding sexual and gender-based violence |
UNCHR (2009) [101] | N/A | Urban refugees | General SRH | To outline health, education, and livelihood challenges experienced by urban refugees and discuss interventions |
UNHCR (2012) [109] | Gulu District, Uganda Pacific Coast, Thailand Mae Sot, Columbia | Adolescent girls in humanitarian settings | General SRH | To describe case studies of adolescent sexual and reproductive health programs assessed to inform services in humanitarian settings |
UNCHR (2013) | Nairobi, Kenya | Asylum seekers | SGBV/IPV | To examine the vulnerabilities of asylum seekers and protection concerns immediately after arrival in Nairobi |
UNHCR (2016) [110] | Lebanon | Syrian refugees | SRH literacy | To monitor access to and use of key health services among Syrian refugees in Lebanon |
United Nations Population Fund (1999) [84] | Albania and Macedonia | Refugee women from Kosovo | SGBV/IPV | To assess the prevalence and experiences of sexual violence among refugees from Kosovo and propose a plan of action to care for the victims |
Women's Refugee Commission (2009) | Cairo, Egypt | Refugees and asylum seekers | SGBV/IPV | To develop recommendations to improve the livelihood and decrease vulnerability to GBV for refugee women in Cairo |
Women's Refugee Commission (2011) [89] | Johannesburg, South Africa | Refugees, asylum seekers and other refugee-like circumstances | SGBV/IPV | Field assessment of refugees' economic coping strategies as well as related protection risks and market opportunities |
Women’s Refugee Commission (2014) [111] | Kampala, Uganda | Refugees with disabilities | General SRH | To understand the needs, vulnerabilities and capacities of refugees with disabilities |
Women’s Refugee Commission (2016) [102] | Quito, Ecuador Beirut, Lebanon Kampala, Uganda Delhi, India | Refugees | SGBV/IPV | To determine the nature of GBV risks and humanitarian response that can support refugees in urban settings in 2015 |
Women's Refugee Commission (2016) [102] | Delhi, India | Urban refugees | SGBV/IPV | To evaluate the community led GBV prevention and response task force operating in refugee communities in Delhi |
Women’s Refugee Commission (2017) [103] | Kampala, Uganda Delhi, India Beirut, Lebanon Santo Domingo, Ecuador | Urban refugees | SGBV/IPV | To examine the organisations that Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) partnered with in 2016 to address refugee needs and capabilities in urban settings with an emphasis on GBV |
Women’s Refugee Commission (2017) [103] | Kampala and Nakivale Settlement, Uganda | Refugees | Sex work | To outline interventions in Uganda that sought to train refugee women engaged in sex work to be peer educators and bringing mobile clinics to these regions |
Women’s Refugee Commission (2017) [103] | Beirut, Lebanon | Transwomen refugees | SGBV/IPV | To outlines a project for transgender women refugees by presenting case studies that analyse GBV risks and response strategies |
Women's Refugee Commission and Reproductive Health Uganda (2016) | Kampala, Uganda | Refugees | SGBV/IPV | To address information, service, and support gaps affecting at-risk refugee populations living in Kampala |
Forced Migration Review | ||||
Author(s) (year) | Region | Population | SRH focus | Objective |
Bray-Watkins (2019) [98] | Central African Republic | Internally displaced persons | SGBV/IPV | To understand sexual coercion and abuse in education settings for displaced children |
Chynoweth and Martin (2019) | Kenya, Bangladesh and Italy | Refugee men and boys | SGBV/IPV | To understand sexual violence against men and boys in humanitarian settings |
Croome and Hussein (2020) [94] | Somalia/Somaliland | Internally displaced persons | SGBV/IPV | To determine how climate shocks have altered cultural norms and gender dynamics in Somali society |
Jaffer, Guy and Niewczasinski (2004) [112] | Yemen | Somali refugees | General SRH | To outline programming and interventions by Marie Stopes International in Yemen to increase sexual and reproductive health services |
Kagwanja (2000) [100] | Kenya | Refugees | SGBV/IPV | Examination of the discriminatory nature of Kenyan refugee policy, including its administration and practice, and its role in enabling sexual violence against women refugees |
Linn (2020) [95] | Lebanon and Jordan | Refugees | SGBV/IPV | To investigate Syrian refugees' experiences with mobility, security and public space and its relationship with gender |
Popinchalk (2008) [113] | Egypt | Refugees | HIV | To determine the accessibility to medical care for HIV-positive refugees |
Quintero and Culler (2009) [114] | Columbia | Internally displaced persons | General SRH | To understand the circumstance of displaced Columbians as it relates to health services as well as their unique health challenges |
Some (2008) [99] | Kenya | Internally displaced persons | SGBV/IPV | To provide an overview of three assessments investigating rape and sexual abuse among women/girls displaced by the post-election crisis |
Sanchez and Enriquez (2004) [115] | Columbia | Internally displaced persons | General SRH | An overview of a project that sought to provide displaced persons with sexual and reproductive health services in the process of restoring their lost citizenship rights |
Wells and Kuttiparambil (2020) | Jordan | Syrian refugees | Women’s empowerment | Outline the humanitarian responses targeting women and girls to encourage women to claim more political and social space |
Zapata (2020) [96] | San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Internally displaced persons | SGBV/IPV | To understand the outcome of interventions in San Pedro Sula, which provided information about working in high-risk urban neighbourhoods and communities that are affected by various kinds of violence |