Prevention of violence against women and girls: Lessons from practice

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9978, 2015, Pages 1672-1684

  Michau, Lori ^a   Horn, Jessica ^b   Bank, Amy ^c   Dutt, Mallika ^d   Zimmerman, Cathy ^e  

^a RAISING VOICES   (Uganda)

^b Akiiki Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c Puntos de Encuentro   (Nicaragua)

^d Breakthrough   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL CHANGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL CHANGE; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84933036214     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61797-9     Document Type: Review

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