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Contributing to the solution: a symposium on preventing violence against women january 11-13, 1998

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The guiding principle of the symposium was to work together to consider effective cross-sector violence prevention strategies and build community ownership for finding solutions to stopping violence against women. Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or oth-erwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family. Increas-ingly, gender-based violence is recognized as amajor public health concern and a violation of human rights. The effects of violence can be devastating to a woman's reproduc- tive health as well as to other aspects of her physical and mental well-being. In addition to causing injury, violence increases women's long-term risk of a number of other health problems, including chronic pain, physical disability, drug and alcohol abuse, and depression. Women with a history of physical or sexual abuse are also at increased risk for unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Yet victims of violence who seek care from health professionals often have needs that providers do not recognize, do not ask about, and do not know how to addres

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KP.IV INT c

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KP.IV INT c

Publisher

Kanada : Ministry of Women's Equality., 1998

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21 hlm. ; 30 cm

Language

English

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077263575

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KP,IV

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Kekerasaan terhadap perempuan

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