Laws A, Patsalides B
Survivors International, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA.
J Am Med Womens Assoc (1972). 1997 Fall;52(4):185-7.
Human rights abuses of women are ubiquitous throughout the world. Those perpetrated by governments entitle women to seek political asylum, and many women refugees do so in the United States. The asylum process often requires medical or psychological evaluations to corroborate women's reports of torture or other abuses. This article provides an overview of how to conduct such examinations and how to document findings for the asylum process.
对妇女的人权侵犯在世界各地普遍存在。政府实施的此类侵犯行为使妇女有权寻求政治庇护，许多女性难民在美国就是这样做的。庇护程序通常需要进行医学或心理评估，以证实女性关于酷刑或其他虐待行为的报告。本文概述了如何进行此类检查以及如何为庇护程序记录检查结果。
