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11in33 physical and/or sexual violencephysical and/or sexual violencewomen will experienceby an intimate partner at some point in her life.
Violenceagainst Women
The Health Sector Responds
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Violence against womentakes many forms, including:
Intimate partnerviolence, including
physical, sexual,and emotional
abuse
Sexual violence,including
conflict-relatedsexual violence
Trafficking
Honourkillings
Femalegenital
mutilation
Forcedand earlymarriages
The most common type of violence
experienced by women is intimatepartner violence.
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Violence against womenis widespread.
This variation shows that
violence against womenis preventable.
71%15%
but prevalence varies from country to country.
Prevalence also varies within countries.
to
It occurs in all countries of the world
Studies from different countries show thatthe percentage of women 15 to 49 years old
who've experienced physical and/or sexual
violence by an intimate partner
in their lifetime ranges from
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Violence against women hasserious health consequences.
Economic Impact
Unintended pregnancies,induced abortions
Death Physical injuries
Sexually transmittedinfections, including HIV
Harmful use of tobacco,drugs, and alcohol
Depression, post-traumaticstress disorder
$
Costs of intimate partner and sexual violence for countries
are very high. They include the provision ofhealth, social,
and legal services and costs of lost earnings.
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Violence against womenaffects the whole family.
Be abused themselves
Not receive healthcare
Have behavioural, emotional, and schooling problems
Use alcohol and drugs in harmful ways
Smoke
Have unsafe sex
Adults who grew up with violencein the home are more likely to
perpetrate or experience intimate
partner violence.
Children exposed to intimate partnerviolence in the home are more likely to:
As adolescents, they are more likely to:
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Violence against women is rooted in gender inequality.
Programs to reduce intimate partner violenceneed to address risk factors at multiple levels.
Violence against womenis preventable.
History of violencein childhood
Parenting programmestoprevent child maltreatment
Male controlover women
Programmes targeting menand boys topromotegender equitable attitudes
and behaviours
Unequal gendernormsthatcondone violenceagainst women
Programmes promotingequitable gender normsthroughmedia, community mobilization,schools, and religious institutions
Male partner'sharmful use ofalcohol
Reducing availability andaccess to alcohol
Women's lack ofaccess toeducation and
employment
Laws, policies, andprogrammesthat promotewomen's access to
employment and microcredit,girls' access to education, andthat ban or prohibit violenceagainst women
Individual
Risk FactorLevel Intervention
Relationship
Community
Societal
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To prevent and respond to violence against women,multiple sectors of society must work together.
The health sector plays a key role in preventingand responding to violence against women.
violence against women.
Everyone has a roleto play in addressing
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Stop violence against women.
about prevalence, risk factors,and health consequences
for the recognition of violence againstwomen as a public health problem
to address violence against women
by fostering and informingprevention programmes
Collect data
comprehensive health servicesfor survivors
Provide
Advocate
Inform policies
Prevent violence
A role for the health sector:
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Web Resourceshttp://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/violence/en/
WHO ResourcesWHO (2005). Multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women.
http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/en/
WHO (2010). Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women: Taking action
and generating evidence.
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/activities/intimate/en/
WHO (2013). Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women.
WHO clinical and policy guidelines.
WHO/NMH/VIP/PVL/13.1.
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