Items related to "Human Security Gateway: American Samoa". Sat, 17 May 2008 0:30:24 +0000 Sat, 17 May 2008 0:30:24 +0000 robert_hartfiel@sfu.ca (Robert Hartfiel) Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:43:35 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=11572 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=11572 This report presents initial results based on interviews with 24 000 women by carefully trained interviewers. The study was implemented by WHO, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), PATH, USA, research institutions and women's organizations in the participating countries. This report covers 15 sites and 10 countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Peru, Namibia, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand and the United Republic of Tanzania. Report findings document the prevalence of intimate partner violence and its association with women's physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health. Data is included on non-partner violence, sexual abuse during childhood and forced first sexual experience. Information is also provided on women's responses: Whom do women turn to and whom do they tell about the violence in their lives? Do they leave or fight back? Which services do they use and what response do they get? The report concludes with 15 recommendations to strengthen national commitment and action on violence against women. SOURCE: World Health Organization World Health Organization Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:41:05 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=2241 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=2241 The decade since the early 1990s has witnessed the growth of a field of research and practice aimed at resolving and preventing violent conflict. Research on violent conflict has led to a number of different theories on causes of violent conflict, many of them based on the study of large-scale, protracted conflicts in Africa and the Balkans. Advocates of conflict prevention have linked longer-term root causes of violent conflict to aspects of underdevelopment, and tensions inherent in development processes. SOURCE: Australian National University // State, Society And Governance In Melanesia Project Australian National University // State, Society And Governance In Melanesia Project