Protection of sexual and reproductive health rights: Addressing violence against women
Claudı́a Garcia‐Morenoa b✉, Heidi Stöcklc d
- aDepartment of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. garciamorenoc@who.int
- bDepartment of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland
- cDepartment of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- d*Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
Violence against women is recognized as a global public health and human rights problem in need of urgent attention. It affects women's health, including their sexual and reproductive health, and their human rights. While progress has been made in the last 15 years, there is still a long way to go. International human rights law and public health provide tools to governments and non-governmental actors to ensure women a life free from violence and its consequences. Health policies and services need to address violence more systematically and health providers must take action. At a minimum, they should be informed and able to respond appropriately to violence, providing appropriate care and referral to other services. Equally, if not more important, is to provide support to interventions that prevent violence against women from happening in the first place.
TL;DRHealth policies and services need to address violence more systematically and health providers must take action to provide support to interventions that prevent violence against women from happening in the first place. (Semantic Scholar)