Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries : A Global Review and Analysis
Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge tha...
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ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCIDENTS ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS ADVOCACY AGGRESSION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOL USE ALLIANCES ANXIETY ARTHRITIS AUTONOMY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH WEIGHT BIRTH-WEIGHT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARE SERVICES CHILD ABUSE CHILD DEATHS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHRONIC CONDITIONS CIVIL LAW CLIMATE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION CONDOM USE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES CRIME CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURES DEPENDENCE DEPRESSION DIABETES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG ABUSE EARLY AGE AT MARRIAGE EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY EDUCATION EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION EMPOWERMENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VIOLENCE FATHERS FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FORCED PROSTITUTION FORCED SEX FORCED SEX WITHIN MARRIAGE FORCED SEXUAL INITIATION FORMS OF VIOLENCE FRACTURES GENDER NORMS GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS INFECTIONS INJURIES INTERVENTION INTIMATE PARTNER INTIMATE PARTNERS ISOLATION JUDGES LAWS LEGAL AID LEGISLATION MANAGERS MASS MEDIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS NURSING OFFENDERS OLDER ADULTS PANDEMIC PARENTS PEER GROUPS PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PERSONALITY PERSONALITY DISORDERS PHOBIAS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POLICE POWER PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PRIVACY PROPHYLAXIS PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY RAPE REFUGEES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION REPRODUCTIVE YEARS RISK FACTORS RISK OF VIOLENCE SAFE ABORTION SAFETY SCHOOLS SELF-ESTEEM SEX SEX SCHOOLS SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL ATTITUDES SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL COERCION SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE WITHIN MARRIAGE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SHELTERS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WORK SPOUSES SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUICIDE TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES UNSAFE ABORTION UNWANTED PREGNANCY UNWANTED TOUCH VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAGES WORKPLACE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH |
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ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCIDENTS ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS ADVOCACY AGGRESSION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOL USE ALLIANCES ANXIETY ARTHRITIS AUTONOMY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH WEIGHT BIRTH-WEIGHT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARE SERVICES CHILD ABUSE CHILD DEATHS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHRONIC CONDITIONS CIVIL LAW CLIMATE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION CONDOM USE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES CRIME CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURES DEPENDENCE DEPRESSION DIABETES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG ABUSE EARLY AGE AT MARRIAGE EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY EDUCATION EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION EMPOWERMENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VIOLENCE FATHERS FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FORCED PROSTITUTION FORCED SEX FORCED SEX WITHIN MARRIAGE FORCED SEXUAL INITIATION FORMS OF VIOLENCE FRACTURES GENDER NORMS GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS INFECTIONS INJURIES INTERVENTION INTIMATE PARTNER INTIMATE PARTNERS ISOLATION JUDGES LAWS LEGAL AID LEGISLATION MANAGERS MASS MEDIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS NURSING OFFENDERS OLDER ADULTS PANDEMIC PARENTS PEER GROUPS PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PERSONALITY PERSONALITY DISORDERS PHOBIAS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POLICE POWER PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PRIVACY PROPHYLAXIS PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY RAPE REFUGEES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION REPRODUCTIVE YEARS RISK FACTORS RISK OF VIOLENCE SAFE ABORTION SAFETY SCHOOLS SELF-ESTEEM SEX SEX SCHOOLS SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL ATTITUDES SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL COERCION SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE WITHIN MARRIAGE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SHELTERS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WORK SPOUSES SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUICIDE TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES UNSAFE ABORTION UNWANTED PREGNANCY UNWANTED TOUCH VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAGES WORKPLACE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH Bott, Sarah Morrison, Andrew Ellsberg, Mary Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries : A Global Review and Analysis |
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Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated and condoned by laws, institutions, and community norms. Violence against women is not only a profound violation of human rights, but also a costly impediment to a country's national development. While gender-based violence occurs in many forms throughout the life cycle, this review focuses on two of the most common types-physical intimate partner violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator. Unfortunately, the knowledge base about effective initiatives to prevent and respond to gender-based violence is relatively limited. Few approaches have been rigorously evaluated, even in high-income countries. And such evaluations involve numerous methodological challenges. Nonetheless, the authors review what is known about more and less effective-or at least promising-approaches to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. They present definitions, recent statistics, health consequences, costs, and risk factors of gender-based violence. The authors analyze good practice initiatives in the justice, health, and education sectors, as well as multisectoral approaches. For each of these sectors, they examine initiatives that have addressed laws and policies, institutional reforms, community mobilization, and individual behavior change strategies. Finally, the authors identify priorities for future research and action, including funding research on the health and socioeconomic costs of violence against women, encouraging science-based program evaluations, disseminating evaluation results across countries, promoting investment in effective prevention and treatment initiatives, and encouraging public-private partnerships. |
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Bott, Sarah Morrison, Andrew Ellsberg, Mary |
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Bott, Sarah Morrison, Andrew Ellsberg, Mary |
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Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries : A Global Review and Analysis |
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Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries : A Global Review and Analysis |
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Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries : A Global Review and Analysis |
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Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries : A Global Review and Analysis |
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Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries : A Global Review and Analysis |
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preventing and responding to gender-based violence in middle and low-income countries : a global review and analysis |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6030503/preventing-responding-gender-based-violence-middle-low-income-countries-global-review-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8210 |
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okr-10986-82102021-04-23T14:02:43Z Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries : A Global Review and Analysis Bott, Sarah Morrison, Andrew Ellsberg, Mary ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCIDENTS ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENTS ADVOCACY AGGRESSION ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ABUSE ALCOHOL USE ALLIANCES ANXIETY ARTHRITIS AUTONOMY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BIRTH WEIGHT BIRTH-WEIGHT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CARE SERVICES CHILD ABUSE CHILD DEATHS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHRONIC CONDITIONS CIVIL LAW CLIMATE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION CONDOM USE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES CRIME CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURES DEPENDENCE DEPRESSION DIABETES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG ABUSE EARLY AGE AT MARRIAGE EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY EDUCATION EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION EMPOWERMENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY VIOLENCE FATHERS FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FORCED PROSTITUTION FORCED SEX FORCED SEX WITHIN MARRIAGE FORCED SEXUAL INITIATION FORMS OF VIOLENCE FRACTURES GENDER NORMS GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HUMAN RIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS INFECTIONS INJURIES INTERVENTION INTIMATE PARTNER INTIMATE PARTNERS ISOLATION JUDGES LAWS LEGAL AID LEGISLATION MANAGERS MASS MEDIA MATERNAL MORTALITY MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS NURSING OFFENDERS OLDER ADULTS PANDEMIC PARENTS PEER GROUPS PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PERSONALITY PERSONALITY DISORDERS PHOBIAS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE POLICE POWER PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PRIVACY PROPHYLAXIS PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY RAPE REFUGEES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION REPRODUCTIVE YEARS RISK FACTORS RISK OF VIOLENCE SAFE ABORTION SAFETY SCHOOLS SELF-ESTEEM SEX SEX SCHOOLS SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL ATTITUDES SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL COERCION SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE WITHIN MARRIAGE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SHELTERS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WORK SPOUSES SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUICIDE TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES UNSAFE ABORTION UNWANTED PREGNANCY UNWANTED TOUCH VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAGES WORKPLACE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated and condoned by laws, institutions, and community norms. Violence against women is not only a profound violation of human rights, but also a costly impediment to a country's national development. While gender-based violence occurs in many forms throughout the life cycle, this review focuses on two of the most common types-physical intimate partner violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator. Unfortunately, the knowledge base about effective initiatives to prevent and respond to gender-based violence is relatively limited. Few approaches have been rigorously evaluated, even in high-income countries. And such evaluations involve numerous methodological challenges. Nonetheless, the authors review what is known about more and less effective-or at least promising-approaches to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. They present definitions, recent statistics, health consequences, costs, and risk factors of gender-based violence. The authors analyze good practice initiatives in the justice, health, and education sectors, as well as multisectoral approaches. For each of these sectors, they examine initiatives that have addressed laws and policies, institutional reforms, community mobilization, and individual behavior change strategies. Finally, the authors identify priorities for future research and action, including funding research on the health and socioeconomic costs of violence against women, encouraging science-based program evaluations, disseminating evaluation results across countries, promoting investment in effective prevention and treatment initiatives, and encouraging public-private partnerships. 2012-06-15T20:39:43Z 2012-06-15T20:39:43Z 2005-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6030503/preventing-responding-gender-based-violence-middle-low-income-countries-global-review-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8210 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3618 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |