Women migrants fleeing wars, political instability and poverty are taking contraceptives in the expectation of being raped, but are so desperate they still embark on the journey. Women and girls who risk sexual violence as they flee their home countries are getting contraceptive injections as a precautionary measure, said researcher Hillary Margolis from New York-based Human Rights Watch. SHAREShare on Facebook SHAREShare on Twitter TWEETPin to Pinterest PINLink Women fleeing war and hardship expect to be raped but are so desperate they still embark on the journey. SHAREShare on Facebook SHAREShare on Twitter TWEETPin to Pinterest PINLink Women and children protest their case to the UK government at the notorious Jungle camp in Calais, France. "And for women, there is even more hardship because women became the battlefield of war, of abuses.

Source: Libya Today December 01, 2016 01:11 UTC