tailieunhanh - Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women

Intimate partner and sexual violence affect a large proportion of the population – with the majority of those directly experiencing such violence being women and the majority perpetrating it being men. The harm they cause can last a lifetime and span generations, with serious adverse affects on health, education and employment. The primary prevention of these types of violence will therefore save lives and money – investments made now to stop intimate partner and sexual violence before they occur will protect the physical, mental and economic well-being and development of individuals, families, communities and whole societies | Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women Taking action and generating evidence World Health Organization Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women Taking action and generating evidence ỀỂỀầWorld Health Wiw Organization WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women taking action and generating evidence World Health Organization and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. abuse - prevention and control. - prevention and control. partners. assessment. women. offenses - prevention and control. Health Organization. ISBN 978 92 4 156400 7 NLM classification HV 6625 Suggested citation World Health Organization London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women taking action and generating evidence. Geneva World Health Organization 2010. World Health Organization 2010 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland tel. 41 22 791 3264 fax 41 22 791 4857 e-mail bookorders@ . Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications - whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution - should be addressed to WHO Press at the above address fax 41 22 791 4806 e-mail permissions@ . The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are .