The publication in 2001 of A Practical Approach to Gender-Based Violence: A Programme Guide for Health Care Providers & Managers was a major step forward by UNFPA in piloting the prevention and assessment of gender-based violence into its reproductive health services. The guide was tested in ten countries in five regions, with overwhelmingly positive results.
Integrating lessons learned from these ten countries into UNFPA’s inter-country programme was the objective of a subsequent consultation in Rome, which is documented in this report. Held from 15-19 September 2003, the consultation included some of the world’s leading experts on gender-based violence, whose views are already helping to shape UNFPA policy and programming.
AIDOS, UNFPA, Rome, 2004. – 39 p