Global and regional estimates of violence against women : prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.

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"Violence against women is not a new phenomenon nor are its consequences to women's physical mentaland reproductive health. What is new is the growing recognition that acts of violence against women arenot isolated events but rather form a pattern of behaviour that violates the rights of women and g...

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Corporate Authors: World Health Organization
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
South African Medical Research Council
Language:English
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2013.
Subjects:
Sexual abuse victims.
Women > Violence against.
Women > Crimes against.
Abused women.
Sex crimes.
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Physical Description:vi, 50 pages : illustrations, color maps
Format: Electronic eBook
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"Violence against women is not a new phenomenon nor are its consequences to women's physical mentaland reproductive health. What is new is the growing recognition that acts of violence against women arenot isolated events but rather form a pattern of behaviour that violates the rights of women and girls limitstheir participation in society and damages their health and well-being. When studied systematically as wasdone with this report it becomes clear that violence against women is a global public health problem thataffects approximately one third of women globally"--Pref.
Note:"World Health Organization, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council."
Electronic resource.
Call Number:HV6626 .G56 2013 Online
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-43).
ISBN:9789240691117
9240691111
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