Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Research C

by Board on Global Health, Forum on Global Violence Prevention, National Research Council, et al.

Globally, between 15-71 percent of women will experience physical and/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. Too often this preventable form of violence is repetitive in nature, occurring at multiple points across the lifespan. The prevalence of intimate partner violence is on the higher end of this spectrum in East Africa, with in-country demographic and health surveys indicating that approximately half of all women...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309374510
• ISBN13: 9780309374514
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"