Book contents
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Section 1 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 2 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 3 Sexual Healthcare
- Section 3A Sexual Dysfunction and Counselling
- Section 3B Sexual Healthcare along the Life Course
- Chapter 51 Life-Course Approach to Sexual Health
- Chapter 52 Sexual Violence
- Chapter 53 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare for LGBTI*
- Section 4 Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators and Policies
- Index
- References
Chapter 52 - Sexual Violence
from Section 3B - Sexual Healthcare along the Life Course
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2024
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Section 1 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 2 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
- Section 3 Sexual Healthcare
- Section 3A Sexual Dysfunction and Counselling
- Section 3B Sexual Healthcare along the Life Course
- Chapter 51 Life-Course Approach to Sexual Health
- Chapter 52 Sexual Violence
- Chapter 53 Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare for LGBTI*
- Section 4 Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators and Policies
- Index
- References
Summary
Sexual violence against women is one of the most important threats to women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights [1]. In a broader perspective sexual violence against women can be viewed as part of gender-based violence which is defined by the United Nations (UN) as ‘any act … that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life’ [2].
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- Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health , pp. 340 - 346Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024