Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Critical Review of Interventions

The authors present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis on good practice interventions to prevent GBV or offer services to its survivors or perpetrators. Intimate partner violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV and these are the types of GBV that they analyzes. GBV has serious consequences for women's health and well-being, ranging from fatal outcomes, such as homicide, suicide and AIDS-related deaths, to non-fatal outcomes, such as physical injuries, chronic pain syndrome, gastrointestinal disorders, complications during pregnancy, miscarriage, and low birth-weight of children.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Morrison, Andrew, Ellsberg, Mary, Bott, Sarah
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-01
Subjects:	ABORTION, ADOLESCENCE, ADULTS, ALCOHOL, CENTRAL AMERICAN, CHILD CUSTODY, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD WELFARE, CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, CHILDHOOD, CIVIL SOCIETY, CRIME, CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN, CRIMINAL CODES, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEGRADING TREATMENT, DISABILITY, DIVORCE, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, GENDER, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER VIOLENCE, GENITAL MUTILATION, GIRLS, HEALTH PROGRAMS, HEALTH SECTOR, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN RIGHTS, INJURIES, INTERVENTION, JUDGES, LATIN AMERICAN, LAWS, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE REFORM, LESSONS LEARNED, MARITAL RAPE, MEDICAL CARE, PARENTS, PHYSICAL ABUSE, POLICE, PRODUCTIVITY, PROSTITUTION, QUALITY OF CARE, RADIO, RAPE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RISK FACTORS, SAFETY, SCHOOLS, SCREENING, SEX SELECTION, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL RIGHTS, SOCIAL WELFARE, STERILIZATION, SUICIDE, UNITED NATIONS, UNWANTED PREGNANCY, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WELLBEING, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5742617/addressing-gender-based-violence-latin-america-caribbean-critical-review-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10341
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