What Is Being Done To Prevent Sexual Violence
The number of initiatives addressing sexual violence is limited and few have been evaluated. Most interventions have been developed and implemented in industrialized countries. How relevant they may be in other settings is not well known. The interventions that have been developed can be categorized as follows.
| Initiatives to prevent sexual violence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual approaches | Health care responses | Community based efforts | Legal and policy responses |
| Psychological care and support | Medico-legal services | Prevention campaigns | Legal reform |
| Programmes for perpetrators | Training for health care professionals | Community activism by men | International treaties |
| Developmental approaches | Prophylaxis for HIV infection | School-based programmes | |
| Centres providing comprehensive care to victims of sexual assault | |||
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