Favour Ozioma Ogbodo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) have kicked off 16 days activism against gender based violence (GBV) which will run from 16th November to 10th December (Human Rights Day).
In light of the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, WHO released new free e-learning resources for health workers who are first contacts to women experiencing violence, it stated on its website.
Throughout the 16 days, WHO will launch additional resources such as e-learning for humanitarian emergencies, offering health workers in emergency settings an opportunity to learn about care for survivors of rape and intimate partner violence, available on Disaster Ready and OpenWHO.
Measurement and data toolkit to strengthen evidence, including a checklist to collect violence against women data, as well as important new resources for improving understanding and measurement of violence against women living with disabilities and older women, will also be provided.
THe organisation said this is to ensure that women in all their diversity live free of violence and coercion as almost 1 in 3 women are subjected to violence, mostly by an intimate partner.
“These impacts can last a lifetime, affecting physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health,” it noted.
