[RED DEMOCRATICA] WHO: Violence against women is a worldwide health epidemic

 

Quote of the day | UN Dispatch | UN's Gore: Female entrepreneurs drive innovation in unlikely venues Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   June 21, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story WHO: Violence against women is a worldwide health epidemic The World Health Organization says more than one-third of women around the world have been victims of violence, which has a profound impact on their health. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan says that violence-related health problems are of "epidemic proportions." "This report is the first systematic review of global data on the extent of this violence. It is also the first time that the World Health Organization is issuing a set of guidelines and policy recommendations on how health systems can provide the services to treat both the physical and mental consequences of violence," writes WHO lead specialist Dr. Claudia Garcia Moreno Esteva in The Huffington Post. BBC (6/20), The Huffington Post (6/20), National Geographic News/News Watch blog (6/20), Voice of America (6/20), Al Jazeera (6/20) Share:        Above the Fold UN's Gore: Female entrepreneurs drive innovation in unlikely venues Philippines takes investments in its people seriously UN Women help empower Syrian women in Jordan Kenya's poor turn to solar power Debate on chemical weapons use in Syria continues UN Radio   Quote of the Day How the @UN is helping Syrian refugees. 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