Kontakt 2024, 26(2):101-103 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2024.025

Treating survivors of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine: insights from the Balkan wars on improving social welfare programsEditorial

Linda Abazi-Morina1 *, Natallia Sianko2, Mark Small3
1 AAB College, Faculty of Psychology, Pristina, Republic of Kosovo
2 Clemson University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice, Clemson, SC, USA
3 Clemson University, Department of Psychology, Clemson, SC, USA

Received: August 4, 2023; Revised: February 20, 2024; Accepted: April 8, 2024; Prepublished online: May 13, 2024; Published: May 31, 2024  Show citation

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Abazi-Morina L, Sianko N, Small M. Treating survivors of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine: insights from the Balkan wars on improving social welfare programs. Kontakt. 2024;26(2):101-103. doi: 10.32725/kont.2024.025.
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