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Promoting women’s health worldwide
The ICRC cares for all the victims of conflict but it adapts this care to meet their needs. Specific services for women affected by conflict include support for rape victims, medical care for women in places of detention, antenatal and postnatal care for mothers and babies, the provision of hygiene requisites/training and rehabilitation for female mine victims.

© ICRC/B. Heger/V-P-PE-E-00287
Peru. Chorrillos high security detention centre for women, Lima. Discussion between an ICRC delegate and a sick detainee in her cell.

Many female detainees do not have access to appropriate health care, including regular check-ups, treatment, and medicine. In some instances, treatment is controlled by non-medical staff who lack the qualifications to make appropriate medical assesments.




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