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Reproductive rights on the move: refugee women in Greece struggle to access contraception

Half of female asylum-seekers in Europe are aged 18-34. With little control over their environments, how can they retain control over their bodies?

By Zoe Holman
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Refugees in a camp outside Athens.

Refugees in a camp outside Athens. Photo: Nikolas Georgiou/Zuma Press/PA Images. All rights reserved.

Marwa (a pseudonym) lifts her trousers to show me the varicose veins and bruises that cover her calves. The 34 year-old Syrian woman says these became worse from daily trekking over rocky, uneven ground at a refugee camp outside Athens where she lived for five months.

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