Frozen words: memory and sexual violence amongst Sudanese refugee women in Cairo

Author: Ginger A. Johnson
Document source:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date:
June 2012

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This paper is based on fieldwork conducted in Egypt with South Sudanese female refugees seeking educational, legal and psychosocial services at St. Andrew’s Refugee Services in downtown Cairo. The information presented in the paper derives from participant observation, interviews with single South Sudanese women and NGO service providers between August 2011 and February 2012.

Author

Ginger A. Johnson

Title

Frozen words: memory and sexual violence amongst Sudanese refugee women in Cairo

Document source

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Date

June 2012

Document number

Research Paper No. 240

Document type

New Issues in Refugee Research Series