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Violence against women with a disability

PERSEPHONE NPO
2008

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This report highlights violence against women with a disability in various contexts. It outlines the problems that women with disabilities are faced with in legal frameworks and accessing support. This resource aims to highlight the issues so solutions can be found. It also provides a summary of what has already been realized in terms of research, prevention and specific assistance. This document is useful for people interested in violence against women with disabilities

The UN study on violence against children

PINHEIRO, Paulo Sérgio
August 2006

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This study provides an understanding of the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of different forms of violence against children (physical, psychological, and sexual), taking into account five main settings in which violence takes place - the family, schools, care and residential institutions as well as detention facilities and prisons, in work situations, and in communities and on the streets. A range of cross cutting issues are featured including trafficking and exploitation, refugees, separated and internally displaced children, and children affected by HIV

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