Violence Against Women and Girls : Disaster Risk Management Brief

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a unique opportunity to identify VAWG survivors, provide critical support services, and prevent future harm. Ample studies have...

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Main Authors:	Gennari, Floriza, Arango, Diana, Urban, Anne-Marie, McCleary-Sills, Jennifer
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AID CHILD ABUSE CLINICS CODES OF CONDUCT CONFLICT RESOLUTION DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DISABILITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DISSEMINATION EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION EMERGENCY SITUATIONS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION FACT SHEET FACT SHEETS FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE FEMALE WORKERS FOOD SECURITY FORCED MARRIAGE FORMS OF VIOLENCE GENDER BASED VIOLENCE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH RESEARCH HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEPATITIS B HIV HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE HUMANITARIAN CRISES HUMANITARIAN CRISIS HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS HUSBANDS INJURIES INJURY INTERVENTION INTIMATE PARTNER INTIMATE PARTNERS IRON ISSUE OF GENDER LAWS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCATION OF SERVICES MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICINE MENTAL HEALTH MILITARY PERSONNEL MORTALITY NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS PHYSICAL ASSAULT POLICY LEVEL POST-CONFLICT SETTINGS POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCY PREVENTIVE TREATMENT PRIVACY PROGRESS PROPORTION OF WOMEN PROTECTION OF WOMEN PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INFORMATION RADIO RAPE RAPE SURVIVORS REFERRAL SYSTEM REFUGEE REFUGEE SITUATIONS REFUGEES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN REFUGEE RESPECT RISK ASSESSMENT RISK OF VIOLENCE RISK REDUCTION RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES SAFETY EQUIPMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS SEX SEX WORK SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESEARCH INITIATIVE SHELTER SHELTERS SITUATION OF WOMEN SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SOCIAL SERVICES STIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE TETANUS TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION TRAUMA TREATMENT TV UNFPA UNITED NATIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WOUNDS
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Summary:	Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a unique opportunity to identify VAWG survivors, provide critical support services, and prevent future harm. Ample studies have shown that natural disasters, including tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, disproportionately affect women and girls, who are at greater risk of violence and exploitation than men and boys in the face of uprooted housing and traditional support structures, disrupted access to services, and both structural and social obstacles to accessing food, relief, supplies, and latrines. A study conducted four years after Hurricane Katrina occurred in the United States found that the rate of new cases of VAWG among displaced women also increased and did not return to the pre-hurricane baseline during the protracted phase of displacement.

Violence Against Women and Girls : Disaster Risk Management Brief

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