The study has found that female refugees in refugee camps are exposed to sexual violence
physical violence and socio-economic violence including attempted rape rape gang rape
physical injuries discrimination and stigmatization and denial of access to services. The book
also discloses that male refugees and intimate partners of female refugees are the prime gender
based violence perpetrators of female refugees in Mai Ayni refugee camp. Moreover the study
reveales that idleness economic dependency physical insecurity lack of awareness collapse
of social and family structure as well as poor reporting coordination and legal enforcement
mechanisms are identified as causes risk factors for gender based violence against female
refugees in refugee camps. Moreover mens' feelings of 'loss of power' in the camp which
challenge male identity as superior to female lead male refugees to anger and make female
refugees vulnerable to different forms of gender based violence. Consequently because of
gender based violence female refugees in refugee camps have to fear short and long lasting
damaging consequences on their lives in terms of health both physical and psycho-social.
