CONTENTS
- The World Takes Notice
- Intimate Partner Abuse
- Sexual Coercion
- Impact on Reproductive Health
- Threats to Health and Development
- Health Providers Play a Key Role
- An Agenda for Change
HIGHLIGHTS
- What lies behind violence?
- Culture: a double-edged sword
- Child sexual abuse is widespread
- Violence harms women in many different ways
- *Pullout guide: What Health Providers Can Do
- Responding to violence: Lessons learned
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December, 1999
Series L, Number 11
Issues in World Health
This report was prepared by Lori Heise, Mary Ellsberg, Lic. Med. Sci., and Megan Gottemoeller, MPH, of the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE). Bryant Robey, Editor. Stephen M. Goldstein, Managing Editor. Vera M. Zlidar, Research Analyst. Design by Linda D. Sadler. Production by John R. Fiege, Merridy Gottlieb, Peter Hammerer, and Deborah Maenner.
The assistance of the following reviewers is appreciated: Michal Avni, Suzanna Banwell, Susan Brems, Jackie Campbell, Holly-Fluty Dempsey, Flor de Maria Giusti, Lauren Goodsmith, Julia Kim, Sunita Kishor, Michael Koenig, Mary P. Koss, Laurie Liskin, Sandra L. Martin, Alice Payne Merritt, Susan A. Notar, Naana Otoo Oyortey, Patricia Paluzzi, Bertha Pooley, Malcolm Potts, Vijayendra Rao, Pramilla Senanayake, Nafissatou Diop-Sidibé, J. Joseph Speidel, Karen Welch, A. J. Alonzo Wind, and Cathy Zimmerman.
Suggested citation: Heise, L., Ellsberg, M. and Gottemoeller, M. Ending Violence Against Women. Population Reports, Series L, No. 11. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Population Information Program, December 1999.
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