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Violence Against Women and Reproductive Health: Shiv Chandra Mathur

This document discusses violence against women, its various forms, health impacts, and contributing factors. It notes that violence against women is a serious human rights violation that leads to physical and mental health problems. Various groups and events aimed to address this issue through empowering women, educating them, and working to prevent violence. National and international non-governmental organizations also work to combat violence against women.

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Violence Against Women and Reproductive Health: Shiv Chandra Mathur

This document discusses violence against women, its various forms, health impacts, and contributing factors. It notes that violence against women is a serious human rights violation that leads to physical and mental health problems. Various groups and events aimed to address this issue through empowering women, educating them, and working to prevent violence. National and international non-governmental organizations also work to combat violence against women.

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Violence against Women

and Reproductive Health

Shiv Chandra Mathur


Professor of Preventive and
Social Medicine.
Director, State Institute of Health and Family
Welfare, Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
Gender Perspective in Health

• Individual Health and Well being of


both Male and Female is integral to
development.

• Right to Health is a basic human right.

• Gender inequality and health care are


inter-related.
What is Violence against Women

• Any act of gender-based violence


that results in, or is likely to result
in, physical, sexual or mental harm
or suffering to women, including
threats of such acts, coercion or
arbitrary deprivation of liberty,
whether occurring in private or
public life.
»As defined by United Nations
Significance of Violence
against Women
• Unequal status of women in society
• Serious violation of human rights
• Leads to range of health problems
(Often in silence)
• Pressure on medical care resources
• Health care institutions can make
significant contributions to addressing
violence against women by supporting
clinicians and clients.
Various forms of Violence
against Women
• Rape/Sexual Violence in Refugee
camps
• Forced sexual initiation or abuse
• Sex-selective abortion
• Acid throwing/honor killing (dowry
related deaths)
• Undue virginity examination
• Forced caesarian section deliveries
• Trafficking in women and Girls
Violence against women in India,1998

molest
6%
pain
0.2% 7% 24% dowrydeaths
11% abduction
rape
13%
8% 31% others
sexual violence
bad behaviour
Violence against Women –
Health Issues
• Fatal outcome: Suicide / Homicide
• Non-fatal outcome:
• Physical - Injury, PID, Unwanted
Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Gynaec
diseases
• Mental - Depression, Anxiety, Sexual
dysfunction, personality disorders.
Factors contributing to
Violence against Women
• Strictly enforced Gender roles
• Association of masculinity with
toughness and dominance
• Punishment of women and children
as an accepted value
• Violence accepted as a standard
way to resolve conflicts
• Stress associated with poverty
Landmark events to resolve
Violence against Women

• 1987 : Safe Motherhood


• 1993 : World Conference on Human Rights
• 1994 : IPD, Cairo
• 1995 : 4th World Conference on Women
• 1996 : World Health Assembly*
• 1997 : FIGO Resolutions**
• 2001 : Special session of UN General
Assembly on HIV/AIDS
Empowering Women to prevent
VAW by Informing/Educating her
• On provision of penalties against
different types of crimes.
• On Police agencies and their working.
• On scientific steps in crime
investigations.
• On functioning of Judiciary.
• On fundamental rights and duties.
• On security measures.
NGO’s Working on VAW
• International:
• ARROW, Kualalampar
(http://www.asiaconnect.com.my/arrow)
• Coordination of Women’s Advocacy,
Switzerland (E-mail: [email protected])
• Health and Development Policy Project,,
Maryland, USA (E-mail: [email protected])
• Isis-Women’s International Cross Cultural
Exchange, Uganda
(E-mail: [email protected])
NGO’s Working on VAW cont
• International:
• Latin American and Caribbean Women’s
Network against Domestic and Sexual
Violence, Chile (E-mail: [email protected])
• Match International Centre, Canada
(E-mail: [email protected])
• Women in Law and Development, Africa,
Zimbabwe

• National:
• Chetna(Ahmedabad); Shakti (Jaipur)

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