There are about 200 million people on the move in world, and approximately 50% of them women. no clear migration plans for women leaving as a result persecution, war, famine, climatic disasters or moving away from contexts external abuse even intrafamily violence. Gender-related violence, to which exposed cultural characterized by patriarchal social organization, is manifested through different...

From early adolescence through adulthood, women are twice as likely as men to experience depression. Many different explanations for this gender difference in depression have been offered, but none seems to fully explain it. Recent research has focused on gender differences in stress responses, and in exposure to certain stressors. I review this research and describe how gender differences in s...