PHA-Exchange> Lancet: Violence against women - global scope

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> Violence against women: global scope and magnitude
>
> Charlotte Watts, Cathy Zimmerman
> Health Policy Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy
> London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
>
> Lancet Volume 359: 1232-37, Number 9313 - April 2002
> Available online as PDF at:
>
http://pdf.thelancet.com/pdfdownload?uid=llan.359.9313.editorial_and_review.
> 20680.1
>
<http://pdf.thelancet.com/pdfdownload?uid=llan.359.9313.editorial_and_review
> .20680.1&x=x.pdf> &x=x.pdf

> "....Understanding gender-based violence and the appropriate case
management
> of women with a current or previous history of violence are now recognised
> as core competencies for health workers. In the next six editions of The
> Lancet, different authors will discuss current challenges and debates on
> violence against women and public health.
>
> As an introduction, this article presents an overview of the different
forms
> of violence against women to convey an idea of its global magnitude, and
> discusscharacteristics that distinguish violence against women from other
> forms of violence...."