This document contains relevant background information on a number of issues of concer, which are of particular relevance to this population: sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including: rape, domestice violence, and female genital mutilation (FGM); human trafficking; mental health and substance misuse. This information was included in a diary, published as part of the JRS Malta Project to provide sheltered accomodation and psychosocial support to vulnerable asylum seekers to whom such services are not otherwise available. The project, which was co-financed by ERF 2010, was implemented between June 2011 and June 2012.
