Gender-based violence is a multi-faceted public health problem with numerous consequences for an individual’s physical and mental health and wellbeing. This collection develops a comprehensive public health approach for working with gender-based violence, paying specific attention to international budgets, policies and practice and drawing on a wide selection of empirical studies.

Divided into two parts, the text looks at how public health budgets and policies can be used to influence a range of risk factors and outcomes, and then outlines a theoretical and conceptual framework. The second section draws on empirical studies to illustrate ways of managing the risks and impacts of, and responses to, the problem. It concludes by summarising those risk factors that can be effectively addressed through appropriately budgeted public health programmes globally. Highlighting ways of bolstering protective and resilience factors and identifying early interventions, it demonstrates the importance of inter-agency interventions through coordinated effort from a wide range of sectors including social services, education, religious organisations, judiciary, police, media and business.

This inter-disciplinary volume will interest students and researchers working on gender-based violence, gender budgeting and public health policy from a range of backgrounds, including public health, sociology, social work, public policy, gender studies, development studies and economics.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction Part 1: Conceptual Framework Chapter 2. Gender Based Violence: A Framework for Public Health Budgets and Policies Keerty Nakray Chapter 3. Gender Budgets and Public Health Approach: Addressing Gender Based Violence in India Vibhuti Patel Chapter 4. Gender-Based Violence as a Public Health Issue and the Legal Perspective: A Critical Overview Ronagh McQuigg Chapter 5. Gender, Gender-based Violence and HIV/AIDS: Review of Evidence and Policy Rachel Jewkes Chapter 6. Measurin Based Violence: Issues of Impact and Prevalence Emma Williamson Chapter 7. Gender-based Violence in Australia: a State-based Joined-up Approach Deborah Western and Robyn Mason Part 2: Risks, Impacts and Responses to Gender Based Violence Chapter 8. Gender-based Violence in Post-Disaster Recovery Situations: An Emerging Public Health Issue Margaret Alston Chapter 9. Gender, Use and Abuse: Sexually Abused Women in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Jan Breckenridge and Michael Salter Chapter 10. The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on the Mental Health of Latin American Immigrant Women in the U.S. Blanca M. Ramos Chapter 11. Legal Response to Domestic Violence in Tajikistan Dilbar Turkhanova Chapter 12. Sexual Violence within Intimate Contexts of Marriage: Integrating Human Rights and Public Health Approach for Gender Sensitive Interventions Nishi Mitra Chapter 13. Gender-based Violence and Reproductive Health in Five Indian States Ernestina Coast, Tiziana Leone and Alankar Malviya Chapter 1...