Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies
First author, country where the study was conducted, year | Type and location of conflict, and study period as reported by the authors of the studies | Population as reported by the authors of the studies | Consequences of CSRV | Barriers to accessing care | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | P | S | ||||
Scott, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), (2018) [50]. | Armed conflict, DRC. October–November 2012. | 55 adult women who self-reported sexual violence (SV) and a resultant sexual violence related pregnancy (SVRP). | X | X | X | X |
Onyango, DRC, (2016) [51]. | Armed conflict, DRC. October–November 2012. | 55 adult women who self-reported sexual violence and a resultant SVRP. | X | X | X | X |
Kansiime, Uganda, (2018) [52]. | Armed conflict, DRC. August 2015- May 2016. | 10 Congolese male refugee survivors of CRSV and 6 Ugandan service providers. | X | X | X | X |
Palattiyil and Sidhva, United Kingdom, (2015) [53]. | Armed conflict. Study period not mentioned. | 19 HIV-positive Black African men and women asylum seekers. | X | X | X | X |
Yagi, Congo, (2022) [54]. | Armed conflict, Congo. od not mentioned. | 14 males who experienced SV in the Congolese war. | X | X | X | X |
Kohli, DRC, (2013) [55]. | Armed and civil conflict, Congo. June-July 2010. | 13 adult women survivors of SV who were rejected by any family member; their husbands, community members, and community workers. | X | X | X | |
Tenaw, Ethiopia, (2022) [41]. | Armed conflict, Ethiopia. May—June 2022. | 23 women survivors of rape. | X | X | X | X |
Green, Bangladesh, (2022) [49]. | Genocide, Myanmar. November 2019- August 2020. | Health care workers who provided care to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. | X | X | X | X |
Al Issa and Beck, Israel, (2021) [56]. | Occupation, Israel. Study period not mentioned. | 20 Palestinian women who visited family members in prison. | X | X | ||
Burkhardt, DRC, (2016) [57]. | Armed conflict, DRC. October–November 2012. | 55 women who experienced SVRP. | X | X | X | X |
Byrskog, Sweden, (2014) [58]. | Collapse of State and civil war, Somalia. December 2011—December 2012. | 17 Somali born refugee women of fertile age living in Sweden. | X | X | X | X |
Keygnaert, Morocco, (2014) [45]. | Armed conflict, anti-government protests, crisis, civil conflict. DRC, Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Mali. Summer of 2008. | 154 Subsaharian male and female migrants living in Morocco. | X | X | X | |
Sager, Sweden, (2016) [59]. | Armed conflict, Kosovo. Study period not mentioned. | One heterosexual couple and one woman from Kosovo seeking asylum in Sweden. | X | X | X | X |
Weishut, Israel, (2015) [47]. | Armed conflict, Israel. Study period not mentioned. | 60 testimonies in the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) archive. | X | X | ||
Woldetsadik, Uganda, (2022) [60]. | Terrorism, Uganda. October 2016—March 2017. | 30 adult women survivors who lived in northern Uganda. | X | X | X | X |
Chynoweth, Bangladesh, Italy, Kenya, (2020) [42]. | Persecution, Myanmar. Armed conflict and terrorism, Sub Saharan Africa. July 2018—May 2019. | Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in Bangladesh, refugees and migrants who had traveled the central Mediterranean route living in Italy, and refugees from DRC, Somalia, and South Sudan residing in urban settings in Kenya. | X | X | X | |
Dossa, DRC, (2014) [43]. | Armed conflict, DRC. July—August 2012. | 12 women survivors of conflict-related rape who became pregnant after the assault and gave birth to an infant. | X | X | X | |
Haar, Bangladesh, (2019) [44]. | Persecution, Myanmar. December 2017, February 2018, March 2018, and July 2018. | 114 Rohingya survivors residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh. | X | X | X | |
Wirtz, Colombia, (2014) [61]. | Internal armed conflict, Colombia. June 2012. | 35 female internally displaced persons survivors of GBV and 31 service providers. | X | X | X | X |
Corboz, Afghanistan, (2022) [62]. | Armed conflict, Afghanistan. April-December 2020. | 27 adult male survivors of SV, 44 healthcare providers, and 26 community health workers. | X | X | X | |
Atim, Uganda, (2018) [63]. | Armed conflict, Uganda. February 2013—December 2015. | 57 female survivors of CRSV perpetrated by parties to the armed conflict. | X | X | X | X |
Krause, Uganda, (2015) [46]. | Armed conflict, DRC. Study period not mentioned. | 28 employees working in the settlement. 35 refugees. | X | X | X | |
Wirtz, Ethiopia, (2013) [48]. | Armed conflict, DRC, Burundi, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia. January–February 2011. | 37 female refugees survivors of GBV, originating from six conflict countries, who received GBV services. 77 FGD participants included health, protection and community service staff providing services to refugees. | X | X | X | X |