Violence Against Women and Girls – Prevention of violence against women and girls: what does the evidence say?

Publisher: The Lancet, April 2015

Status – CURRENT

In the past 20 years there has been a lot of research undertaken about violence against women. These Papers: review available evidence for what works to reduce the prevalence and incidence of violence against women; review the evidence for clinical interventions and discusses the components of a comprehensive health system approach that helps to identify and support women experiencing intimate partner violence; and addresses questions of why focus on men’s violence, what part gender plays, what works in work with men and how gender theory can be usedto work more effectively.