The Trauma of Conflict and Displacement: Human Rights Violations and Psychiatric Morbidities among Internally Displaced Women of Northwest Pakistan

Mehmood Khan, Hassan/ Saeed Khan, Kausar/ Yousafzai, Abdul Wahab

ISBN 10: 3659302805 / ISBN 13: 9783659302800

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

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196 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.45 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Trauma of Conflict and Displacement: Human Rights Violations and Psychiatric Morbidities among Internally Displaced Women of Northwest Pakistan
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659302805
• ISBN 13: 9783659302800
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.34 kilograms

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Synopsis

Millions of people are displaced each year due to conflicts worldwide, majority of them being displaced internally in their own countries. The number of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) is two times that of refugees. The IDPs don’t get the aid meant for refugees as they don’t cross international borders and human rights violations are common during conflict and displacement. Due to the war on terror millions of people were displaced internally in northwest Pakistan including women and children and there were press reports of human rights violations and psychiatric morbidities among them. A major humanitarian crisis is feared if the displacement is prolonged. There was a need of research on human rights violations and psychiatric morbidities among these internally displaced women to inform policy makers, humanitarian agencies, human rights & women rights organizations to protect the rights of these women and avoid a major humanitarian crisis. This book estimates the psychiatric morbidities among the internally displaced women of northwest Pakistan & identifies the human rights violations of these women with policy implications & recommendations for the concerned stakeholders.

About the Author

Dr. Hassan M. Khan, M.B.B.S., MSc.: Studied Health Policy & Management at the Aga Khan University, HRHM at Queen Margaret University & Qualitative Methods in HSR at the Royal Tropical Institute. Technical Advisor Health at GIZ Pakistan & previously worked as Research Coordinator for the Center for Cardio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia.