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Kiribati Family Health and Safety Study

Kiribati Family Health and Safety Study
Kiribati Family Health and Safety Study

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Number of pages

278

Author

UNFPA PSRO

Publication

Kiribati Family Health and Safety Study

Publication date

01 January 2010

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Gender-based violence (commonly referred to as violence against women) both reflects and reinforces inequality between men and women
and compromises the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims, of which 95% are women and girls. It encompasses a wide range of human rights violations, including sexual abuse
of children, rape, domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, trafficking of women and girls and several harmful traditional practices. Any one of these abuses can leave deep psychological scars, damage the health of women and girls in general, including their reproductive and sexual health, and in some instances, result in death.