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Oct 2020
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Episode 12 - Neglected Victims: Refugees...

The Lebanese Center For Policy Studies
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In this episode, Carol Abi Ghanem hosts Jasmin Lilian Diab to discuss the marginalized and neglected refugees in Lebanon during the COVID pandemic. Jasmin discusses COVID measures, their impact on the refugee community in Lebanon, as well as the surge in discourse around gender-based violence among refugee communities.

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