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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Main Authors:	Bott, Sarah, Morrison, Andrew, Ellsberg, Mary
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	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