Strategies to End Gender Based Violence: The USAID approach

Author: Johnson F.C.

Source: Development, Volume 44, Number 3, September 2001 , pp. 125-128(4)

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Abstract:

F. Catherine Johnson affirms that gender-based violence undermines development efforts in such sectors as economic growth, HIV/AIDS, and child survival. Gender violence is an enormous cost to society. Johnson advocates for a comprehensive, multifaceted model to address the problem, including legal interventions, health approaches, public awareness and political will, illustrating this model with the interventions of USAID.Development (2001) 44, 125–128. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1110279

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1110279

Affiliations: 1: 1Office of Democracy and Governance, USAID, Caucasus

Publication date: 2001-09-01