Addressing Gender-Based Violence            in the Latin American and Caribbean Region : A Critical            Review of Interventions

Morrison, Andrew; Ellsberg, Mary; Bott, Sarah

Addressing Gender-Based Violence in the Latin American and Caribbean Region : A Critical Review of Interventions

Autores

Morrison, Andrew

Ellsberg, Mary

Bott, Sarah

Editor

World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Descripción

The authors present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis on good practice interventions to prevent GBV or offer services to its survivors or perpetrators. Intimate partner violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has serious consequences for women's health and well-being, ranging from fatal outcomes, such as homicide, suicide, and AIDS-related deaths, to nonfatal outcomes, such as physical injuries, chronic pain syndrome, gastrointestinal disorders, complications during pregnancy, miscarriage, and low birth-weight of children. GBV also poses significant costs for the economies of developing countries, including lower worker productivity and incomes, and lower rates of accumulation of human and social capital. The authors examine good practice approaches in justice, health, education, and multisectoral approaches. In each sector, they identify good practices for: (1) law and policies; (2) institutional reforms; (3) community-level interventions; and (4) individual behavior change strategies.

Palabras clave

ABORTION, ADOLESCENCE, ADULTS, ALCOHOL, ANXIETY, ARMED CONFLICT, AUTONOMY, BROTHELS, CHILD CUSTODY, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, CHILD WELFARE, CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, CHILDHOOD, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATE, CRIME, CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CUSTODY, DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DEGRADING TREATMENT, DEPENDENCE, DEPRESSION, DISABILITY, DISCRIMINATION, DISEASE CONTROL, DIVORCE, EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ELDER ABUSE, EMPLOYMENT, EMPOWERMENT, FAMILY PLANNING, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, FRACTURES, GENDER, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENITAL MUTILATION, GIRLS, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE COSTS, HEALTH EFFECTS, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH PROGRAMS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SURVEYS, HUMAN RIGHTS, INCARCERATION, INFANTICIDE, INJURIES, INTERVENTION, LATIN AMERICAN, LAWS, LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE REFORM, LIFE CYCLE, MARITAL RAPE, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH, MONITORING PROGRESS, NORMS, OLDER WOMEN, PARENTHOOD, PARTNER ABUSE, PHOBIAS, POWER, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, PROSTITUTION, PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY OF CARE, RAPE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RISK FACTORS, SAFETY, SCHOOLS, SCREENING, SEX SELECTION, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SHELTERS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIAL RIGHTS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIALIZATION, SOCIETIES, STERILIZATION, SUICIDE, TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN, UNITED NATIONS, UNMARRIED WOMEN, UNSAFE ABORTION, UNWANTED PREGNANCY, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WAR, WEIGHT, WELLBEING, WHO, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUTH