"Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more … likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against … women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated …

Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more … likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against … women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated …

Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis … violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze.GBV has serious … change strategies.The authors offer conclusions and recommendations for future work on gender-based violence:- It is …

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 …

women who have experienced gender-based violence, offer quality services to survivors, and reduce levels of gender …-based violence. While recognizing the limited number of high-quality studies on program effectiveness, this review of the literature … highlights emerging good practices. Much progress has recently been made in measuring gender-based violence, most notably through …

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 …

This document is the one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the … programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence. This note focuses on the causes of violence. The authors hold that … violence is a complex phenomenon that has not one but many causes. Hence there is no single solution or response. In order to …

This document is the first one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the … programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence. This chapter introduces the concept of violence and it limits the … scope of its definition. An important characterization to highlight is the difference between violence and a violent crime …

This document is the one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the … programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence. This note focuses on defining the extent of violence as a first basic … step toward fully comprehending the phenomenon. Although homicide is not the only indicator of violence, the homicide rate …