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Even once female Ukrainian refugees reach safety, they face new burdens as single heads of household

  • Written by Dilek Cindoglu, Professor of Sociology, Fulbright Fellow, Georgetown University
imageA Ukrainian family crosses into Slovakia on Feb. 25, 2022. PETER LAZAR/AFP via Getty Images

Russia’s war on Ukraine is, in many ways, a war on women. The fact that most women do not fight on the battlefield does not mean that their war experiences are less traumatic than male soldiers’ realities.

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