Gender-based violence and its determinants among refugees and internally displaced women in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gender-based violence is a serious public health concern and affects a large number of women and girls in humanitarian emergencies. Despite this, there is a dearth of the summary data to address the issue. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the estimated pooled magnitude and factors associated with gender-based violence among refugees and internally displaced women in Africa.

Methods

PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, African Journals OnLine, PsycINFO, and EMBASE were among the databases that were used to search the primary articles. The reviewed papers were articles that evaluated the prevalence and contributing variables of gender-based violence against refugees and internally displaced women in Africa. We extracted the data using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet,

SUBMITTER: Tadesse G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11484465 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature