Table 3 Key characteristics of included studies
Reference | Title | Country | Population | Study design | Study methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affleck, W. et al. [52] | “If one does not fulfil his duties, he must not be a man”: masculinity, mental health and resilience amongst Sri Lankan Tamil refugee men in Canada | Sri Lanka and Canada | Refugees & IDPs | Qualitative | Interviews |
Ager et al. [53] | Local constructions of gender-based violence amongst IDPs in northern Uganda: analysis of archival data collected using a gender- and age-segmented participatory ranking methodology | Uganda | IDPs | Qualitative; other | FGDs with participatory ranking approaches |
Al Akash and Chalmiers [54] | Early marriage among Syrian refugees in Jordan: exploring contested meanings through ethnography | Jordan | Refugees, Practitioners & Other stakeholders | Qualitative | Interviews, participatory action research (PAR) meetings, participant observation |
Dantas et al. [55] | Empowerment and health promotion of refugee women: the Photovoice project | Australia | Refugees | Qualitative; other | PhotoVoice and interviews |
Edstrom and Dolan [56] | Breaking the spell of silence: Collective healing as activism amongst refugee male survivors of sexual violence in Uganda | Uganda | Refugees | Qualitative; other | Interviews, group work, participatory video testimonies, participatory film production |
Ellis [57] | Discrimination and mental health among Somali refugee adolescents: the role of acculturation and gender | United States | Refugees | Mixed Methods | Interviews, use of surveys/scales |
Elnakib et al. [58] | Drivers and consequences of child marriage in a context of protracted displacement: a qualitative study among Syrian refugees in Egypt | Egypt | Refugees, Practitioners & Other stakeholders | Qualitative; other | Interviews, FGDs with photo elicitation and participative ranking approach |
Fincham [59] | Constructions, contradictions and reconfigurations of 'Manhood' among youth in Palestinian camps in Lebanon | Lebanon | Refugees | Qualitative; Other | Participant observation, semi-structured inter- views, focus groups and Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) approaches, such as taxonomies, sorting and ranking techniques, Venn diagrams, art and role-play |
Fineran and Kohli [60] | Muslim refugee women's perspectives on intimate partner violence | United States | Refugees & Asylum Seekers | Qualitative | In-depth interviews |
Fisher [61] | Changed and changing gender and family roles and domestic violence in African refugee background communities post-settlement in Perth, Australia | Australia | Refugees | Qualitative | Interviews with refugees, FGDs with staff |
Fobear [62] | Nesting Bodies: Exploration of the body and embodiment in LGBT refugee oral history and participatory photography | Canada | Refugees | Qualitative; other | Participatory photography, oral history |
Gibb [63] | The evacuation camp as paradoxical space for women | Philippines | IDPs, Practitioners & Other stakeholders | Qualitative; other | Interviews, FGDs, participatory video, non-participant observations counter-mapping |
Green and Latifi [64] | No one smiles at me: The double displacement of Iranian migrant men as refugees who use drugs in Australia | Australia | Refugees | Qualitative | FGDs and interviews |
Guerin et al. [65] | Advocacy as a means to an end: Assisting refugee women to take control of their reproductive health needs | Australia and New Zealand | Refugees | Qualitative | Interviews, FGDs, participant observation |
Gustafson and Iluebbey [66] | 'Traditional discipline' or domestic violence": participatory action research with a Sudanese refugee community | United States | Refugees | Qualitative | Interviews, FGDs, participant observation |
Holle, F. et al. [67] | Exilic (Art) narratives of queer refugees challenging dominant hegemonies | The Netherlands | Refugees and Asylum Seekers | Qualitative; other | Biographical interviews, arts-based projects |
Johnson-Agbakwu et al. [68] | Perceptions of obstetrical interventions and female genital cutting: insights of men in a Somali refugee community | United States | Refugees | Qualitative | Interviews, FGDs |
Johnson et al. [69] | Building community-based participatory research partnerships with a Somali refugee community | United States | Refugees & Practitioners | Mixed Methods | Surveys, interviews, FGDs with video elicitation |
Keygnaert et al. [70] | Sexual violence and sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco: a community-based participatory assessment using respondent driven sampling | Morocco | Refugees & Migrants | Qualitative | Interviews |
Keygnaert et al. [71] | Sexual and gender-based violence in the European asylum and reception sector: a perpetuum mobile? | Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal & Spain | Refugees, Undocumented migrants & Asylum Seekers | Quantitative | Surveys |
Lee and Brotman [72] | Identity, refugeeness, belonging: Experiences of sexual minority refugees in Canada | Canada | Refugees | Qualitative | Interviews |
Mothers & Daughters: Redefining cultural continuity through South Sudanese women’s artistic practices | Australia | Refugees | Qualitative | Unstructured group discussions during arts-based workshops, participant observation | |
Lokot [28] | The space between us: feminist values and humanitarian power dynamics in research with refugees | Jordan | Refugees & Practitioners | Qualitative; other | Participatory photography, semi-structured interviews, life-story interviews and participant observation |
McMorrow and Saksena [74] | Voices and views of Congolese refugee women: A qualitative exploration to inform health promotion and reduce inequities | United States | Refugees | Qualitative; other | Photovoice, interviews |
Mehta et al. [75] | Learning from UJAMBO: Perspectives on gynecologic care in African immigrant and refugee women in Boston, Massachusetts | United States | Refugees & Immigrants | Qualitative | FGDs |
Mulé [76] | Mental health issues and needs of LGBTQ + asylum seekers, refugee claimants and refugees in Toronto, Canada | Canada | Refugees & Asylum Seekers | Qualitative | FGDs |
Murray et al. [77] | Between 'here' and 'there': family violence against immigrant and refugee women in urban and rural Southern Australia | Australia | Refugees, Practitioners & Immigrants | Qualitative | In-depth interviews and with key informants |
Pangcoga and Gambir [78] | Our voices, our future: understanding risks and adaptive capacities to prevent and respond to child marriage in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) | Philippines | IDPs & Practitioners | Qualitative; other | Interviews with practitioners, SenseMaker, participatory group activities |
Potts et al. [51] | Empowered Aid: Transforming gender and power dynamics in the delivery of humanitarian aid. Participatory action research with refugee women & girls to better prevent sexual exploitation & abuse—Lebanon Results Report | Lebanon | Refugees | Qualitative | Participatory group discussions and interviews |
Potts et al. [50] | Empowered Aid: Transforming gender and power dynamics in the delivery of humanitarian aid. Participatory action research with refugee women & girls to better prevent sexual exploitation & abuse—Uganda Results Report | Uganda | Refugees | Qualitative | Participatory group discussions and interviews |
Rahamtalla and Saeed [79] | Gender analysis of the impacts of displacement on Western Sudanese migrants in Khartoum State, Sudan | Sudan | IDPs | Quantitative | Survey |
Rees and Pease [80] | Domestic violence in refugee families in Australia: rethinking settlement policy and practice | Australia | Refugees | Qualitative | Interviews, FGDs |
Rezaian et al. [81] | Gendered spaces and educational expectations: the case of the former refugee camp “Elliniko” in Athens | Greece | Refugees | Qualitative | Observations, classroom interactions, language portraits, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, diaries |
Ritterbusch [82] | Mobilities at gunpoint: The geographies of (Im)mobility of transgender sex workers in Colombia | Colombia | IDPs | Qualitative; other | Interviews, auto-photography, mapping |
Rothkegel et al. [83] | Evaluation of UNHCR’s efforts to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence in situations of forced displacement | Tanzania, DRC, Yemen, Nepal & Georgia | Refugees, IDPs & Practitioners | Qualitative | Interviews and participatory workshops |
Schulte and Rizvi [84] | In search of safety and solutions: Somali refugee adolescent girls at Sheder and Aw Barre Camps, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Refugee & Practitioners | Qualitative; other | Interviews and FGDs with participatory safety mapping |
An assessment of gender inequitable norms and gender-based violence in South Sudan: a community-based participatory research approach | South Sudan | IDPs | Quantitative | Survey | |
Shanahan and Vaele [87] | How mothers mediate the social integration of their children conceived of forced marriage within the Lord’s Resistance Army | Uganda | IDPs | Qualitative; other | Interviews and photo-ethnography |
Simbandumwe et al. [88] | Family violence prevention programs in immigrant communities: Perspectives of immigrant men | Canada | Refugees & Immigrants | Qualitative | Interviews; FGDs |
Stark et al. [89] | Disclosure bias for group versus individual reporting of violence amongst conflict-affected adolescent girls in DRC and Ethiopia | Ethiopia & DRC | Refugees & IDPs | Mixed Methods; other | Survey, FGD, mapping activity |
Sullivan et al. [90] | "For us it is like living in the dark": Ethiopian women's experiences with domestic violence | United States | Refugees & Immigrants | Qualitative | FGDs |
Tanabe et al. [91] | Intersecting sexual and reproductive health and disability in humanitarian settings: risks, needs, and capacities of refugees with disabilities in Kenya, Nepal, and Uganda | Kenya, Nepal, Uganda | Refugees | Qualitative; other | Body mapping, timelines, sorting, interviews, FGDs |
Thompson [92] | Exploring gender and culture with Khmer refugee women: reflections on participatory feminist research | United States | Refugees | Qualitative | FGDs; Participant observation; Dream narratives, interpretations and amplifications; Translations of original Khimer myths |
Vloeberghs et al. [93] | Coping and chronic psychosocial consequences of female genital mutilation in the Netherlands | The Netherlands | Refugees | Mixed Methods | Survey, interviews |
Participatory visual research with displaced persons: ‘Listening’ to post-conflict experiences through the visual | Colombia | IDPs | Qualitative; other | Photovoice, participant observation, interviews, focus groups | |
Whiting-Collins et al. [96] | Fostering protective assets among Syrian refugee girls who experience child marriage: Findings from a formative program evaluation | Lebanon | Refugees | Qualitative | Interviews; FGDs |