Violence Against Women and Girls : Citizen Security, Law, and Justice Brief

For every three years a country is affected by major violence (defined as deaths due to war or excess homicides comparable to a major war), economic growth lags behind by 2.7 percentage points. Citizen security issues impact women and men differently. For example, women are more likely to be assaulted or murdered by someone they know - in fact, worldwide the share of homicides by an intimate partner was six times higher for female victims compared with male victims (39 percent versus 6 percent, respectively). Boys who witness intimate partner violence (IPV) during childhood are more likely to exhibit delinquent behavior and to perpetrate IPV in adulthood. And girls who witness violence are more likely to experience IPV in adulthood.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Gennari, Floriza, Hidalgo, Nidia, McCleary-Sills, Jennifer, Arango, Diana
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-04
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, ACCESS TO QUALITY SERVICES, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACTS OF VIOLENCE, ADULTHOOD, ADVOCACY, AGE OF CONSENT, AGE OF MARRIAGE, ALCOHOL, CASE MANAGEMENT, CASES OF VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, CHILD CUSTODY, CHILDHOOD, CIVIL SOCIETY, CODES OF CONDUCT, CODES OF CONDUCTS, COMMISSION OF WOMEN, COMPLAINTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, CORRUPTION, COURT, COURTS, CRIME, CRIMES, CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN, CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, CUSTODY, CUSTOMARY LAWS, DEATHS, DIGNITY, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES, DIVORCE, DOCTORS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DRUGS, EMPOWERMENT, ETHICS, EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, FAMILIES, FAMILY PROTECTION, FEMALE, FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS, FEMALE VICTIMS, FEMICIDE, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, FORMS OF VIOLENCE, FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, GENDER, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER NORMS, GENDER PARITY, GENDER SENSITIVE, GENDER VIOLENCE, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, GIRLS, GPS, HARASSMENT, HEALTH CARE, HOMES, HOUSES, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION, HUSBANDS, IMPRISONMENT, INHERITANCE, INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES, INTEGRITY, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN, INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, INTIMATE PARTNER, INTIMATE PARTNERS, INVESTIGATION, JUDGES, JUDICIAL SYSTEM, JUSTICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWS, LAWYERS, LEGAL AID, LEGAL AIDS, LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, LEGAL LITERACY, LEGISLATION, LIBERTY, MARITAL RAPE, MEDICINE, MURDERS OF WOMEN, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN, OFFENCES, OFFENDERS, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PATRIARCHY, PEACE, POLICE, POLICE OFFICERS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROSECUTION, PROSECUTIONS, PROSECUTORS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICES, RAPE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, REMEDIES, RIGHT TO PRIVACY, RISK ASSESSMENT, SANCTIONS, SEX, SEX CRIMES, SEX WORK, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SHELTER, STATUS OF WOMEN, SUPPORT SERVICES, SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE, TYPES OF VIOLENCE, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNITED NATIONS, USAID, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WILL, WOMAN, WOMEN SURVIVORS, WOMENAPOS;S HEALTH, WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21091
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