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Essay / Case study of Sudanese women - 1019
As a result, they are targeted by rebel groups and become victims of rape, assault, sexual and physical violence (Kamau et al., 2004). They are exposed to torture and emotional trauma leading to mental disorders unlike men. Emotional and physical losses have been associated with displaced women's vulnerability to mental disorders. Studies have reported women losing husbands to arrests and wars, loss of income and assets, and higher levels of unemployment leading to depression (Salah et al., 2013). Women take care of families. Married women take on the social responsibility of children and family, which makes them forget their own needs. Therefore, the prevalence of general distress and depression is reported to be higher among married women from displaced communities in South Sudan than among men (Musa and Hamid, 2010). On the other hand, men spend most of their time fighting and engaging in health-risking behaviors, to the detriment of the well-being of their families in the camps (Kirby,