... 2002
Violence Against Women:
Effects on Reproductive Health
M
illions of girls and women suffer from violence and its consequences because of
their sex and their unequal status in society. Violence ... Multi-Country
Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence. ” Presentation at the World
Conference on Injury, Montreal, Canada (May 2002).
6. WHO. Violence and Injur...
... 2002
Violence Against Women:
Effects on Reproductive Health
M
illions of girls and women suffer from violence and its consequences because of
their sex and their unequal status in society. Violence ... Multi-Country
Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence. ” Presentation at the World
Conference on Injury, Montreal, Canada (May 2002).
6. WHO. Violence and Injur...
... on Women’s Health and
Domestic Violence against Women: study protocol.
Geneva, World Health Organization, 2004.
9. Krug EG et al. eds. World report on violence and
health. Geneva, World Health ... Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence
against Women, along with the recommendations it contains, is an invaluable contribution to
the struggle to...
...
1
Violence against Women: Health Sector Responses
National health policies, institutions and programs must pay greater attention to gender-
based violence (GBV) not only as a public health ... factor for health problems than as a health condition in itself. (See Box 1 for a summary of
the health consequences of intimate partner violence and sexual violence. )...
... reported on women’s perceptions
and self-management of this condition, or on
its effects on their mental and emotional health
(Bechart 1996).
In a small cross-sectional study of women with
chronic ... 1998).
The physical dimensions of these conditions
have received little attention, and the mental
health implications even less.
The International Conference on Population...
... Gender-Based Violence
T
he Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW, 1979) and the Inter-American
Convention on the Prevention, Punishment,
and Eradication of Violence ... international conferences: the World Conference on Human Rights
(Vienna, 1993), the International Conference on Population and Development
(Cairo, 1994), and the Fourth...
... measures against complications due to hormonal decrease.
All the problems mentioned demonstrate that sexual and reproductive health should be given
explicit attention in national and regional health ...
professionals
Gender Equity
Inform women on
their legal right to
choose
Focus reproductive
health education in
and out of schools as
much on boys as on
girls
Dire...
... CRIME AND SOCIETY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
INFORMATION BOX
• The West Yorkshire Police alone took reports of 26,000
incidents of domestic violence in the year 2000. In ... changed?
d) Conduct a survey on how people feel about domestic violence (Is it ever necessary …
acceptable …
not a case for concern?)
e) Responsibility in the case of domestic vi...
...
1994; 22(3).
Commonwealth Fund Commission on Women’s Health. Addressing Domestic Violence
and its Consequences: Policy report of the Commonwealth Fund Commission on
Women’s Health. 1998.
Creinin ... Association (JAMWA),
American Journal of Public Health, JAMA,
International Journal of Community Epidemiology,
Health Education Quarterly,
International Journal of Health...