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dc.titleWhat Policies are Effective at Eradicating Violence Against Women?
dc.contributor.authorBustelo, Monserrat
dc.contributor.authorFrisancho, Verónica
dc.contributor.authorViollaz, Mariana
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.contributor.orgunitGender and Diversity Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2023-12-08T00:12:00
dc.date.issue2023-12-08T00:12:00
dc.description.abstractViolence against women is widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean. On average, every day, 10 women are murdered in the region, and of the 25 countries with the highest rates of femicide in the world, 13 are in this region. Violence against women invades womens everyday lives and takes place in both public and private spheres and within all socioeconomic groups. Most femicides are committed by their partners or former partnersone out of every three women between the ages of 15 and 49 in the region have experienced physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of a partner, with rates ranging between 17% (for the Dominican Republic) and 53% (for Bolivia). Violence against women has a negative impact (physical and psychological) on the health of victims, and it also affects their economic decisions and opportunities for development. Additionally, it increases the probability that children suffer abuse, corporal punishment, and/or negligent/dysfunctional care as well as the likelihood that minors end up reproducing this behavior when they are adults, perpetuating the cycle of violence.
dc.format.extent12
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005342
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/What-Policies-are-Effective-at-Eradicating-Violence-Against_Women.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Que-politicas-son-efectivas-para-erradicar-la-violencia-contra-las_mujeres.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectViolence Against Women
dc.subjectGender-Based Violence
dc.subjectSexual Violence
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectIntimate Partner Violence
dc.subjectViolence Prevention
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectRating
dc.subjectEducational Level
dc.subjectFemicide
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectPopulation Aging
dc.subject.jelcodeJ12 - Marriage • Marital Dissolution • Family Structure • Domestic Abuse
dc.subject.jelcodeJ13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ18 - Public Policy
dc.subject.keywordssexual and gender-based violence;prevention and response to violence;gender equality;violence against women
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-PB-00386
idb.operationRG-T3729
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