Create an account to save and access your bookmarked materials anytime, anywhere.
An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
The article lists 45 facts about violence against women in the U.S. and globally along with their sources. It also includes a selection of other web site links to find and verify violence against women statistics.
It provides a specific breakdown for each of the following:
"This study uses household and individual-level data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program to examine the prevalence and correlates of domestic violence and the health consequences of domestic violence for women and their children. Nationally representative data from nine countriesÑCambodia (2000), Colombia (2000), the Dominican Republic (2002), Egypt (1995), Haiti (2000), India (1998-1999), Nicaragua (1998), Peru (2000), and Zambia (2001-2002)Ñare analyzed within a comparative framework to provide a multifaceted analysis of the phenomenon of domestic violence."
It looks at the status of women today, discusses how gender equality will move all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) forward, and shows how investment in women's rights will ultimately produce a double dividend: advancing the rights of both women and children.
Contents include:
The guidance sheet series is produced by UNIFEM's Gender Responsive Budgeting Program to assist government officials and gender equality advocates in their efforts to make gender responsive budgeting a reality in their countries. Issues in this series explore Gender Responsive Budgeting concepts, tools and experiences and highlight good practices adopted by ministries of finance, sectoral ministries, local governments, parliamentarians, and civil society around the world.
