Dimensions of gender-based violence against Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Abstract

Assessments of the impact of the Syrian crisis indicate high levels of sexual and gender-based violence, with rape, assault, intimate partner violence and survival sex appearing increasingly common. Humanitarian agencies urgently need to work together to address this trend.

Keywords

• Syria
• syria crisis
• refugees
• Lebanon
• gender
• gender-based violence
• sexual violence
• SGBV
• protection
• international agencies