Rethinking transactional sex in humanitarian settings: Reflections for the way forward

by admin | Feb 27, 2022 | Publications

BLISS, Feb, 27, 2022 | Blog post Clea Kahn, Michelle Alm Engvall, Shirin Heidari, Megan Denise Smith and Dorothea Hilhorst. Transactional Sex (TS) is often used as an umbrella term to encompass a wide range of practices ranging from sex work to sexual...

Transactional sex in forced displacement: challenging conventional concepts and understandings

by admin | Nov 27, 2021 | Publications

IHSA, Nov, 2021 | Conference Paper Shirin Heidari, Thanasis Tyrovolas, Jane Freedman and Shilan Masrour. For panel Transactional Sex in Humanitarian Contexts. Our preliminary research in Switzerland, France, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan indicates that...

Research on sexuality, reproduction, and intimacy in forced displacement during COVID-19: Considering power dynamics and ethical concerns

by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Publications

IHSA, Apr, 2021 | Conference paper Shirin Heidari, Thanasis Tyrovolas and Jane Freedman. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated gender inequalities, creating multiple vulnerabilities and structural inequities specifically for women and people of diverse sexual...

Research in forced displacement: Guidance for a feminist and decolonial approach

by admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Publications

The Lancet, Feb 13, 2021 | Publication Neha S. Singh, Michelle Lokot, Chi-Chi Undie, Monica A. Onyango, Rosemary Morgan, Anne Harmer, Jane Freedman and Shirin Heidari. The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened inequities and undermined health, human rights, and...

Transactional sex in the wake of COVID-19: sexual and reproductive health and rights of the forcibly displaced

by admin | Oct 10, 2020 | Publications

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, Oct 09, 2020 | Journal Article Lauren Jacobson, Alexandra Regan, Shirin Heidari, and Monica Adhiambo Onyango. The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to control it have taken an unprecedented economic toll...