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_cTLC
100 1 _aMorrison, Andrew R.
245 1 0 _aAddressing gender-based violence in the Latin American and Caribbean region :
_ba critical review of interventions /
_cAndrew Morrison, Mary Ellsberg, Sarah Bott.
260 _aWashington, D. C :
_bWorld Bank,
_c2004.
300 _a70p ;
_c27 cm.
440 0 _aPolicy research working papers ;
_vno.3438
500 _aAlso available online.
500 _a"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott 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 nofatal 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 app
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
506 _aOpen access.
650 0 _aWomen
_xViolence against
_xLatin America.
650 0 _aWomen
_xViolence against
_xCaribbean Area.
650 0 _aWomen
_xViolence against
_xLatin America.
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aWomen
_xViolence against
_xCaribbean Area.
_xPrevention.
700 1 _aEllsberg, Mary jt. author.
700 1 _aBott, Sarah jt. author.
710 2 _aWorld Bank.
949 _aBSPC
_bSPC
_cHG3881.5
_d.W57no.3438
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