Improving the Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence. A Resource Manual for Health Care Professionals in Developing Countries

Specifically, this manual aims to:

• Document and disseminate the lessons learned from the IPPF/WHR regional initiative.

• Provide managers in developing countries with tools to improve the health care response to violence against women; and

• Identify the ongoing challenges and debates about how the health sector should address the problem of gender based violence in developing country settings.