Violence Against Women and Girls : Citizen Security, Law, and Justice Brief

For every three years a country is affected by major violence (defined as deaths due to war or excess homicides comparable to a major war), economic growth lags behind by 2.7 percentage points. Citizen security issues impact women and men different...

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Main Authors:	Gennari, Floriza, Hidalgo, Nidia, McCleary-Sills, Jennifer, Arango, Diana
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO QUALITY SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ACTS OF VIOLENCE ADULTHOOD ADVOCACY AGE OF CONSENT AGE OF MARRIAGE ALCOHOL CASE MANAGEMENT CASES OF VIOLENCE CHILD ABUSE CHILD CUSTODY CHILDHOOD CIVIL SOCIETY CODES OF CONDUCT CODES OF CONDUCTS COMMISSION OF WOMEN COMPLAINTS CONFLICT RESOLUTION CORRUPTION COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN CRIMINAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CUSTODY CUSTOMARY LAWS DEATHS DIGNITY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES DIVORCE DOCTORS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DRUGS EMPOWERMENT ETHICS EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FAMILIES FAMILY PROTECTION FEMALE FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS FEMALE VICTIMS FEMICIDE FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FORMS OF VIOLENCE FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GENDER GENDER BASED VIOLENCE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER NORMS GENDER PARITY GENDER SENSITIVE GENDER VIOLENCE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GIRLS GPS HARASSMENT HEALTH CARE HOMES HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION HUSBANDS IMPRISONMENT INHERITANCE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE INTIMATE PARTNER INTIMATE PARTNERS INVESTIGATION JUDGES JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUSTICE LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYERS LEGAL AID LEGAL AIDS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL LITERACY LEGISLATION LIBERTY MARITAL RAPE MEDICINE MURDERS OF WOMEN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN OFFENCES OFFENDERS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PATRIARCHY PEACE POLICE POLICE OFFICERS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROSECUTION PROSECUTIONS PROSECUTORS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES RAPE RELIGIOUS LEADERS REMEDIES RIGHT TO PRIVACY RISK ASSESSMENT SANCTIONS SEX SEX CRIMES SEX WORK SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SHELTER STATUS OF WOMEN SUPPORT SERVICES SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE TYPES OF VIOLENCE UNDP UNFPA UNICEF UNITED NATIONS USAID VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WILL WOMAN WOMEN SURVIVORS WOMENAPOS;S HEALTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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