Violence Against Women and Girls : Disaster Risk Management Brief

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a unique opportunity to identify VAWG survivors, provide critical support services, and prevent future harm. Ample studies have shown that natural disasters, including tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, disproportionately affect women and girls, who are at greater risk of violence and exploitation than men and boys in the face of uprooted housing and traditional support structures, disrupted access to services, and both structural and social obstacles to accessing food, relief, supplies, and latrines. A study conducted four years after Hurricane Katrina occurred in the United States found that the rate of new cases of VAWG among displaced women also increased and did not return to the pre-hurricane baseline during the protracted phase of displacement.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Gennari, Floriza, Arango, Diana, Urban, Anne-Marie, McCleary-Sills, Jennifer
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-04
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, AID, CHILD ABUSE, CLINICS, CODES OF CONDUCT, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, DISABILITY, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DISASTERS, DISSEMINATION, EARTHQUAKE, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, EMERGENCIES, EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION, FACT SHEET, FACT SHEETS, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY MEMBERS, FEMALE, FEMALE WORKERS, FOOD SECURITY, FORCED MARRIAGE, FORMS OF VIOLENCE, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, GIRLS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH NEEDS, HEALTH RESEARCH, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEPATITIS B, HIV, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, HUMANITARIAN CRISES, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS, HUSBANDS, INJURIES, INJURY, INTERVENTION, INTIMATE PARTNER, INTIMATE PARTNERS, IRON, ISSUE OF GENDER, LAWS, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL CAPACITY, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOCATION OF SERVICES, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MEDICINE, MENTAL HEALTH, MILITARY PERSONNEL, MORTALITY, NATIONAL LEVELS, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, PHYSICAL ASSAULT, POLICY LEVEL, POST-CONFLICT SETTINGS, POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS, PRACTITIONERS, PREGNANCY, PREVENTIVE TREATMENT, PRIVACY, PROGRESS, PROPORTION OF WOMEN, PROTECTION OF WOMEN, PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC INFORMATION, RADIO, RAPE, RAPE SURVIVORS, REFERRAL SYSTEM, REFUGEE, REFUGEE SITUATIONS, REFUGEES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN REFUGEE, RESPECT, RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK OF VIOLENCE, RISK REDUCTION, RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SEX, SEX WORK, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESEARCH INITIATIVE, SHELTER, SHELTERS, SITUATION OF WOMEN, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, SOCIAL SERVICES, STIS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUPPORT SERVICES, SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE, TETANUS, TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, TRANSPORTATION, TRAUMA, TREATMENT, TV, UNFPA, UNITED NATIONS, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WORKERS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WOUNDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21093
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