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WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women: Initial Results on Prevalence, Health Outcomes and Women's Responses
- C. García-Moreno, Henrica A. F. M. Jansen, Mary Ellsberg, L. Heise, C. Watts
- Medicine
- 1 September 2008
This report of the WHO Multi-country Study on Womens Health and Domestic Violence against Women analyses data collected from over 24 000 women in 10 countries representing diverse cultural… Expand
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Prevalence of intimate partner violence: findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence
- C. García-Moreno, H. Jansen, Mary Ellsberg, L. Heise, O. B. O. T. W. M. S. O. W. H. Team
- Medicine
- The Lancet
- 7 October 2006
BACKGROUND
Violence against women is a serious human rights abuse and public health issue. Despite growing evidence of the size of the problem, current evidence comes largely from industrialised… Expand
Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study
- Mary Ellsberg, H. Jansen, L. Heise, C. Watts, O. B. O. T. W. M. S. O. W. H. Team
- Medicine
- The Lancet
- 5 April 2008
BACKGROUND
This article summarises findings from ten countries from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women.
METHODS
Standardised population-based surveys… Expand
Researching violence against women: a practical guide for researchers and activists
- Ellsberg Mc, L. Heise
- Sociology
- 2005
Now that international attention is focused on gender-based violence methodologically rigorous research is needed to guide the formulation and implementation of effective interventions policies and… Expand
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What Works to Prevent Partner Violence? An Evidence Overview.
- L. Heise
- Political Science
- 1 December 2011
Lori Heise reviews the empirical evidence of what works in low- and middle-income countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners. The review focuses on… Expand
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Violence by intimate partners.
- L. Heise, C. García-Moreno
- Political Science
- 2002
One of the most common forms of violence against women is that performed by a husband or an intimate male partner. This is in stark contrast to the situation for men who in general are much more… Expand
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Ending Violence Against Women
- L. Heise, Mary Ellsberg, M. Gottemoeller
- Political Science
- 1 December 1999
This issue of Population Reports focuses on ending violence against women. It tackles primarily two types of violence: 1) abuse of women within marriage and other intimate relationships; and 2)… Expand
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Determinants of partner violence in low and middle-income countries : exploring variation in individual and population-level risk
- L. Heise
- Political Science
- 2012
Background: Lack of understanding of factors that contribute to an individual woman's risk of partner
violence as well as factors that collectively account for the distribution of violence across… Expand
Violence Against Women
- C. García-Moreno, L. Heise, H. Jansen, Mary Ellsberg, C. Watts
- Psychology, Medicine
- Science
- 25 November 2005
This article encourages the widespread adoption of an integrated, ecological framework for understanding the origins of gender-based violence. An ecological approach to abuse conceptualizes violence… Expand
Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health
- L. Heise, M. Greene, N. Opper, M. Stavropoulou, Norms and Health Steering Committee Gender Equality
- Sociology, Medicine
- The Lancet
- 15 June 2019
Gender is not accurately captured by the traditional male and female dichotomy of sex. Instead, it is a complex social system that structures the life experience of all human beings. This paper, the… Expand