European Refugee Migrant Crisis and COVID-19: Emerging Impacts on Women and Girls

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25 May 2020

This paper provides insights into the experiences of refugee and migrant women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia, paying attention to their vulnerability to GBV.

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