During emergency evacuations, displacements and return, risks of sexual and physical violence, partner violence, forced and/or coerced prostitution, child and/or forced marriage, and trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced labor are heightened.
Many studies have shown that disasters, including tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, disproportionately affect women and girls, who are at greater risk of violence and exploitation than men and boys in the face of uprooted housing and traditional support structures, disrupted access to services, and both structural and social obstacles to accessing food, relief, supplies, and latrines.
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