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Cash Assistance Helps LGBTQIA+ Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

February 16, 2022

Fleeing rampant crime and political violence, a collapsing economy, and severe shortages of food and medicines, some 1.5 million Venezuelans have arrived in Ecuador since 2016. Among them are LGBTQIA+ individuals, who face many risks, including intimate partner violence (IPV). An analysis carried out by CARE with 782 migrants and refugees in Ecuador in 2019 found that 50 percent of those who experienced discrimination and xenophobia, which is associated with increased exposure to gender-based violence (GBV), were LGBTQIA+ individuals.

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