Addressing Gender-Based Violence in the Latin American and Caribbean Region : A Critical Review of Interventions
The authors present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis on good practice interventions to prevent GBV or offer services to its survivors or perpetrators. Intimate partner violence and sexual coercion a...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, D.C.
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5278736/addressing-gender-based-violence-latin-american-caribbean-region-critical-review-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13997 |
| Summary: | The authors present an overview of
gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special
emphasis on good practice interventions to prevent GBV or
offer services to its survivors or perpetrators. Intimate
partner violence and sexual coercion are the most common
forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they
analyze. GBV has serious consequences for women's
health and well-being, ranging from fatal outcomes, such as
homicide, suicide, and AIDS-related deaths, to nonfatal
outcomes, such as physical injuries, chronic pain syndrome,
gastrointestinal disorders, complications during pregnancy,
miscarriage, and low birth-weight of children. GBV also
poses significant costs for the economies of developing
countries, including lower worker productivity and incomes,
and lower rates of accumulation of human and social capital.
The authors examine good practice approaches in justice,
health, education, and multisectoral approaches. In each
sector, they identify good practices for: (1) law and
policies; (2) institutional reforms; (3) community-level
interventions; and (4) individual behavior change strategies. |
|---|