{"id":185,"date":"2020-01-30T02:20:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T02:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenleadnetwork.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2020-02-25T18:06:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:06:05","slug":"motherhood-menstruation-and-sexual-violence-brief-on-women-and-girls-in-immigration-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenleadnetwork.com\/?p=185","title":{"rendered":"Motherhood, Menstruation and Sexual Violence: Brief on Women and Girls in Immigration Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than <strong>1\/2<\/strong> of those immigrating to the U.S. are women, girls and other menstruating people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many are between the <strong>ages of 13-50<\/strong> in which reproductive care is crucial to health and life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The U.S.\u2019s <strong>\u201cZERO TOLERANCE\u201d IMMIGRATION POLICIES<\/strong> significantly increases the number of women, girls and other menstruating and birthing people in ICE detention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHILE THE U.S. HAS A\nDUTY TO PROVIDE HUMANE DETENTION CONDITIONS WOMEN, GIRLS AND OTHER\nMENSTRUATING PEOPLE IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION EXPERIENCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A LACK OF ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL HYGIENE\nMATERIALS AND SANITARY CONDITIONS RELATED TO MENSTRUATION<\/li><li>A LACK OF ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE CARE\n(INCLUDING CHILD-BIRTH, PRE-POST NATAL CARE AND ABORTION RELATED INFORMATION\nAND SERVICES)<\/li><li>INCREASED VULNERABILITY TO SEXUAL\nVIOLENCE PERPETRATED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE UNITED NATIONS RECOGNIZES THAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS ARE A POPULATION AT GREAT RISK OF MASS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WOMEN AND GIRLS IN DETENTION SETTINGS ARE TARGETED FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THREATENED BY INHUMANE CONDITIONS<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on these issues download the brief below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/womenleadnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MotherhoodMenstruationSexualViolenceWLN-1.pdf\">MotherhoodMenstruationSexualViolence One Page<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/womenleadnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MotherhoodMenstruationSexualViolenceWLN-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/womenleadnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Motherhood-Menst-and-SVSpanishWLN.pdf\">Motherhood-Menst-and-SVSpanishWLN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/womenleadnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Motherhood-Menst-and-SVSpanishWLN.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 1\/2 of those immigrating to the U.S. are women, girls and other menstruating people Many are between the ages of 13-50 in which reproductive care is crucial to health and life The U.S.\u2019s \u201cZERO TOLERANCE\u201d IMMIGRATION POLICIES significantly increases the number of women, girls and other menstruating and birthing people in ICE detention. &hellip; 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