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Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
June 21, 2008 By Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Women and children have been hit especially hard in Iraq's refugee crisis, often forced to beg and in some cases turn to prostitution to provide for their families because so many men have been killed, a report said Friday.
A biannual regional survey by the International Organization for Migration paints a bleak picture of Iraq's estimated 2.8 million internally displaced people. They often face eviction threats and insufficient access to food, clean water and health care despite recent security gains, the report said.
But women and children who have been forced to flee their homes are particularly vulnerable because the men in the family have often been killed or abandoned them in a conservative Islamic society that generally doesn't value women in the workplace.
Women make up about half of the displaced population, surpassing the number of men in some provinces, including Baghdad province. But they face difficulties finding jobs and often are isolated because of their gender, the report said.
Displaced children have suffered from malnutrition and skin diseases due to a lack of clean water and sanitation, the report said.
June 21, 2008 By Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Women and children have been hit especially hard in Iraq's refugee crisis, often forced to beg and in some cases turn to prostitution to provide for their families because so many men have been killed, a report said Friday.
A biannual regional survey by the International Organization for Migration paints a bleak picture of Iraq's estimated 2.8 million internally displaced people. They often face eviction threats and insufficient access to food, clean water and health care despite recent security gains, the report said.
But women and children who have been forced to flee their homes are particularly vulnerable because the men in the family have often been killed or abandoned them in a conservative Islamic society that generally doesn't value women in the workplace.
Women make up about half of the displaced population, surpassing the number of men in some provinces, including Baghdad province. But they face difficulties finding jobs and often are isolated because of their gender, the report said.
Displaced children have suffered from malnutrition and skin diseases due to a lack of clean water and sanitation, the report said.