Federica Marsi is a journalism graduate from City University of London. Before moving to Beirut, she reported from Tunisia and the occupied Palestinian territories. Her work has been published on Al Jazeera, Vice UK, Open Democracy, The Middle East Magazine, Wired and others. Follow her @bocchia. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/federica-marsi/rss en Crisis and Conflict Fri, 02 Dec 2016 08:05:12 +0000 Federica Marsi https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/12/02/syrian-refugees-suffer-high-rates-c-sections https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/12/02/syrian-refugees-suffer-high-rates-c-sections While the rate of births by cesarean section in Lebanon remains considerably above internationally recommended levels, the incidence of the procedure among Syrian refugee women comes with additional risks and hardship, writes Federica Marsi, of Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper. Crisis and Conflict Gender-Based Violence Wed, 01 Jun 2016 03:09:11 +0000 Preethi Nallu, Federica Marsi https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/06/01/lone-women-easy-targets-for-exploitation-in-e-u-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/06/01/lone-women-easy-targets-for-exploitation-in-e-u-2 In the concluding part of our series on female refugees, we explore the challenges of identifying abuse and exploitation of lone women on the move – who are highly susceptible to sex trafficking and sometimes coerced into “transactional sex” to pay their way forward. Crisis and Conflict Gender-Based Violence Tue, 31 May 2016 03:31:38 +0000 Preethi Nallu, Federica Marsi https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/05/31/harsh-streets-push-female-refugees-toward-e-u-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/05/31/harsh-streets-push-female-refugees-toward-e-u-2 In the second installment of a three-part series, we visit women struggling to find shelter and make a living – two key problems the Women’s Refugee Commission cites as driving gender-based violence against urban refugees, especially in countries neighboring Syria. Crisis and Conflict Gender-Based Violence Health Mon, 30 May 2016 06:04:33 +0000 Preethi Nallu, Federica Marsi https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/05/30/female-refugees-face-cycle-of-sexual-violence-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/05/30/female-refugees-face-cycle-of-sexual-violence-2 In this first installment of a three-part series, we explore the threats faced by female refugees, especially Syrian women – including the risk of being trafficked into the sex trade on their journeys to Europe and even after reaching its shores. Crises & Conflicts Innovation & Technology Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Federica Marsi https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/03/15/jordanian-hospital-rebuilds-faces-and-identities https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/03/15/jordanian-hospital-rebuilds-faces-and-identities The only hospital in the Middle East to offer free facial plastic surgery to patients wounded and displaced by conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere, Mowasah Reconstructive Hospital in Amman helps them heal from terrible physical and psychological injuries.