Global Prevention
Maternal Health and Safety in a Multicultural Context: Toolkit for Rural Health Care Providers and Advocates
Maternal Health and Safety in a Multicultural Context is a toolkit with materials and audio tips on how healthcare providers and others working to combat violence against women, especially in rural areas, can address violence against women. In 2003, three organizations came together to address the high levels of maternal deaths resulting from abuse in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico. [...]
International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA)
One out of every three women worldwide will be physically, sexually or otherwise abused during her lifetime with rates reaching 70 percent in some countries. This type of violence and abuse ranges from rape to domestic violence and acid burnings to dowry deaths and so-called honor killings. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, a public health epidemic and a barrier to solving global challenges such as extreme poverty, HIV/AIDS and conflict. [...]
