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Lauren Carruth

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Countries of Expertise

Djibouti | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Somalia

Specialties

  • Caste Discrimination/Persecution
  • Child Soldiers
  • Ethnic Discrimination/Persecution
  • Ex-Combatant Reintegration
  • FGM/FGC
  • Forced Marriage
  • Gang-Related Violence/Non-State Actors
  • Gender-Based Violence (GBV)/Domestic Violence/Family Violence
  • Government/State Actor Persecution
  • Healthcare Access/Health Systems Capacity
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Land Tenure Dispute
  • LGBTQ
  • Likelihood Of Destitution/Homelessness
  • Mental Illness
  • Political Persecution
  • Religious Discrimination/Persecution
  • Risk Of Retaliation
  • Safe Internal Relocation
  • Sexual Abuse/Assault
  • Specialized Medical Services
  • Sufficiency Of Protection
  • Torture
  • Trafficking
  • Tribal Discrimination/Persecution

About Lauren Carruth

Dr. Lauren Carruth is an Associate Professor at the School of International Service at American University who provides testimony regularly on country conditions in the Horn of Africa. She is a medical anthropologist, health specialist, gender specialist, and migration, displacement, and trafficking specialist with expertise in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Djibouti.

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