Violence against Women
Subtitle: The Health Sector Responds (Occasional Publication No. 12)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Pan American Health Organization; Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9789275122921
Subjects: Domestic violence; Social welfare & social services; Women's studies; Business & Economics; Sociology; Business/Economics; Latin America; Discrimination & Racism; Women's Health - General; Women's Studies - General; Medical / Public Health; Reference - General
First sentence: Gender-based violence, or "violence against women," includes many kinds of harmful physical, emotional, and sexual behaviors against women and girls that are most often carried out by family members, but also at times by strangers.