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ARISE ISSUE 64

THE REFUGEE CRISIS: A WOMENS RIGHT ISSUE

Refugees have been spilling out of the countries intoneighbouring ones and others farther afield for quite a while now. The reason: civil warin South Sudan and a relentless and egregious persecution of the Rohingyas in Myanmar.Beside these two countries, others that have become the largest sources of refugees, oftendue to armed conflict, are Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo,the Central African Republic, Eritrea and Burundi.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

07 FROM THE EDITOR

08 THE REFUGEE CRISIS:

A CHALLENGE FOR UGANDA

AND THE WORLD

11 G LOBAL REFUGEES WELCOME INDEX

2016

14 GENDER AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS:

WHO FEELS THE BRUNT

16 HOW PHYSICAL ASSAULT,

EXPLOITATION AND SEXUAL

HARASSMENT FOLLOW WOMEN

INTO REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS

19 PROTECTING FEMALE REFUGEES

AGAINST SEXUAL AND GENDER

BASED VIOLENCE

21 TRAIL OF TEARS: THE HARROWING

PLIGHT OF SUDANESE FEMALE

REFUGEES

25 SURVIVING MAYHEM: 10 PRACTICAL

WAYS TO HELP REFUGEE WOMEN

SURVIVE THE CONFLICT, BUILD PEACE,

AND KNIT FOR A BETTE R FUTURE

27 BOOK REVIEWS

29 UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC ATTITUDES

TOWARDS REFUGEES AND

MIGRANTS IN UGANDA

34 IS UGANDA’S REPUTATION AS A

REFUGEE PARADISE AT STAKE?

37 COMMENTARY: REFUGEES ARE

HUMAN, NOT A PASSIVE HELPLESS

BURDEN. THIS SIMPLE FACT SEEMS

TO HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN

40 THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF

YOUNG REFUGEES IN UGANDA

44 THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF

YOUNG REFUGEES IN UGANDA

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