About 20% of refugees from sub-Saharan Africa who came to France say they were victims of sexual violence after their arrival. Women who have left their country to flee violence and those who have changed accommodation regularly are the most affected by the phenomenon, indicate work by the National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) published on Wednesday. This situation particularly affects refugee women who have lived under the same roof as a sexual partner.
In addition to residential instability, administrative insecurity is an aggravating factor for these risks. "Access to housing and a residence permit are essential conditions for exercising the right to live without violence and without damage to health", analyze the authors of the survey. They also highlight the insecurity and difficulties of access to rights encountered by refugees as factors favoring sexual violence.
"Appropriation of the body of women"
Among the 973 women interviewed by INED in 2012 and 2013 are 568 refugees with HIV. A third of them indicate having contracted the virus in France. "Women infected with HIV after their migration report four times more often than have been victims of forced sex after migration than women without infection," said the study also relayed by the Huffington Post .
"The dependence of women on men, including intimate partners, their acquaintances or members of their families, strengthens the mechanisms of appropriation of the body of women," note those responsible for the study. Faced with the findings of the results of the work she has led, Julie Pannetier concludes that "the fight against gender violence must take into account those suffered by immigrant women in a context of major precariousness" and that "they must be recognized and supported ”.
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