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Violence against Women: Addressing A Silent Global Pandemic, What has worked!

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, CHES , New York Medical College School of Public Health, Pleasant Valley, NY
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Violence against women is all pervasive and permeates across all socio economic sections of global societies. According to the United Nations some of the challenges faced in addressing this global pandemic are: The lack of effective national laws to end violence against women, or the failure to implement such laws where they exist, is widespread. Impunity for violence against women often results from States’ failure to implement international standards at the national and local level. In many places, laws contain loopholes that allow perpetrators to act with impunity. In a number of countries, a rapist can go free under the penal code if he marries the victim.

Unfortunately sexual conflict against women and girls continues to reach alarming proportions in areas of armed conflict. According to a special report released in April 2014 by the United Nations and remains a global crime affecting women, men and children in more than 20 countries, 

This presentation will discuss examples of local and global strategies which have been effective in addressing gender based violence at a local level and the crucial role played by  partnerships UN agencies NGOs and  the private sector

Learning Areas:

Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Discuss why violence agansint women is a global challenge Ezplain some steps for prevention Share examples of best practices

Keyword(s): Women's Health, Violence & Injury Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked in the area of health care as aphysician, public health practioneer and academic for more than 25 years and have presented nationally and internationally
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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