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The World Health Report, first published in 1995, is WHO's leading publication. Each year the report combines an expert assessment of global health, including statistics relating to all countries, with a focus on a specific subject. The main purpose of the report is to provide countries, donor agencies, international organizations and others with the information they need to help them make policy and funding decisions. This report focuses on primary health care.

This checklist provides guidelines and evaluation for medical interpreters.

This PowerPoint presentation was part of the VRLC Fourth National Sexual Assault Law Institute: Why Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation Matter: Representing Sexual Assault Victims from Undeserved Communities (June 2006, Boston). It provides an overview on how to better serve immigrant victims of sexual violence, the difference between domestic violence and sexual assault immigration remedies, T and U visas, and LGBT issues.

This document provides a sample of screening questions that may be helpful in starting a conversation with a victim of sexual assault about her or his potential civil legal needs.Ideally, the service provider can use these questions as a base to build off of in the intake with the victim.

This fact sheet provides information on the U visa, the individuals it covers, procedures, benefits, and the need for certification and who can provide this.

This guide is intended as a tool for effective litigation of sexual harassment claims brought on behalf of immigrant women workers.

Topics covered under the United States include migration trends of women and sex trafficking into the United States.

This special edition of WCASA's Connections and WCADV's Educational Journal looks at the relationship between trafficking, sexual violence, and the sex industry through several articles.

The report presents an estimate of the number and nationalities of women selling sex in Oslo, based on a survey undertaken during one month in 2003. Further, the report investigates mechanisms of trafficking and exploitation in prostitution, through analysis of interviews with women focusing on life histories. A particular aim is to explore the role of enforcement, exploitation and opportunities at various stages of the process.

This document reviews the current knowledge on trafficking for sexual exploitation to and within Europe, giving an overview of and insight into the main trends in research in this field. Each chapter presents and discusses a primary theme in the trafficking research: the definition and use of the trafficking concept; methods for data-collection and analysis; perspectives on and explanations of human trafficking; and challenges and knowledge needs in designing counter-trafficking measures.

The following fact sheet is in a question and answer format.& It covers some of the following topics: What is human trafficking? What drives the trafficking industry? What judicial remedies are available to victims of trafficking?

The most common form of human trafficking is sexual exploitation (79% of human trafficking cases). The victims of sexual exploitation are predominantly women and girls.

This book looks at migration and selects moments in time, past and present, through the experience of women. The book maps out a set of preliminary but common understandings on issues of importance to migrant women and their advocates, and further clarify the experience of women across several key themes: labour migration, migrant remittances, trafficking, immigration and identification - all of which are key areas of migration studies.

This web journal is divided into 3 parts: "Part 1 - Media and Immigration" examines the role that mainstream media plays in perpetuating negative stereotypes and widespread fear of immigrants. "Part 2 - Critical Essays: Theorizing the Issues" presents the work of scholars who discuss a wide range of issues in relation to gender and immigration, including, borders, state violence and the criminalization of immigrants, definitions of "state" and "sovereignty," gendered and sexualized labor, homoerotic fantasies, religion and racism.

This brief fact sheet talks about the risk of sexual abuse that immigration detainees face and the difficulty of seeking assistance.

This report provides detail on types and prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), as well as the responses of various countries and the international community to the practice. Additionally, the report highlights U.S. government policy on the practice and offers recommendations for improved responses to FGM.

The federal courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) have classified female genital mutilation (FGM) as a form of persecution, which can be used as the basis for a successful asylum claim. However, recent developments in this area of law have created a split between the federal courts and the BIA over the treatment of applicants who have already endured FGM. Federal courts that have addressed FGM acknowledge past infliction of FGM as a basis for fear of persecution, while the BIA rejects this position. This article summarizes the legal controversy surrounding FGM and asylum.

This document from the Center for Reproductive Rights defines various forms of female genital mutilation (FGM) and provides details on federal and state legislation on FGM.

This document was developed by the IAC Scientific Committee to analyze the impacts of FGM interventions and share information and experiences among stakeholders.

This page talks about some of the cultural considerations, law enforcement issues, Medical and Mental Health Issues, Interpretation and Translation Issues and other challenges that might face immigrant women and refugees who are sexually assaulted.

It finds that these women face unique challenges in getting out of abusive situations and in accessing the services that they need to rebuild their lives.

Since the early 1990s, there have been more female than male immigrants to the United States. This spotlight examines some of the characteristics (distribution, age, education, marriage, citizenship, labor force participation, income and poverty and household composition) of this important group of immigrants. (Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000.)

This document provides information on the 18.9 million immigrant women living in the United States in 2008.