Health concerns for women Children Separation of children from their families is a common issue that has negative consequences for the children who are separated. #sexual exploitation and abuse. Women are subjected to all these problems in addition to gender specific issues they also must face. Women in camps Women and children are typically hit the hardest by poverty and life in the refugee camp is no exception. Often the victims of sexual abuse and other crimes, women lack a powerful and unifying voice when it comes to their predicament in refugee is one of uncertainty, boredom, and fear.