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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811135803321

Autore

García-Moreno Claudia

Titolo

Global and regional estimates of violence against women : prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence / / written by Claudia García-Moreno [and five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland : , : World Health Organization, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

92-4-069111-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (57 p.)

Collana

Nonserial Publications

Altri autori (Persone)

PallittoChristina

DevriesKaren

StöcklHeidi <1980->

WattsCharlotte

AbrahamsNaeema

Disciplina

362.8292

364.15082

Soggetti

Women - Violence against

Women - Crimes against

Abused women

Sex crimes

Sexual abuse victims

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"World Health Organization, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council"--Title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-43).

Nota di contenuto

1. Methodology -- 2. Results : lifetime prevalence estimates -- 3. Results : the health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence -- 4. Summary and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

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. By compiling and analysing a