Broschiertes Buch

Violence against Women and Girls

Understanding Responses and Approaches in the Indian Health Sector

Herausgeber: Rege, Sangeeta; Sundari Ravindran, T K; Bhate-Deosthali, Padma

Beschreibung

This book discusses the pervasiveness of violence against women (VAW) in India and traces its evolution as a public health concern. It highlights the fundamental relationship between health and violence and identifies institutional gaps, which hinder comprehensive healthcare and support to VAW survivors.

Autor

Sangeeta Rege is the Coordinator of the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), a non-profit working on health and human rights, and leads the organisation towards research and interventions on the health concerns of marginalised people. Padma Bhate-Deosthali is Senior Advisor at the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), and Consultant at Care India Bihar. She has 20 years of experience in research, training, and policy advocacy in the areas of gender-based violence, gender in medical education, and health policy research. T K Sundari Ravindran is Principal Visiting Fellow at the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, and Visiting Faculty at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780367509491
• ISBN-10: 0367509490
• Artikelnr.: 68715536