Symposium 2001

Gender-Based Violence, Health and Rights in the Americas

From June 4th-7th 2001, the Women, Health and Development Program co-sponsored, in co-operation with UNIFEM, UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, RSMLAC, Isis International and the Centre for Research in Women's Health, and co-ordinated the Symposium 2001: Gender-Based Violence, Health and Rights in the Americas. This was an inter-agency effort at the regional and country level that brought together representatives from the ministries of health, women's machinery, civil society and UN agencies from 30 countries as well as international donor agencies to identify priorities and formulate strategies for strengthening the response of the health sector to GBV. The Call to Action, the declaration adopted by the participants, urged governments and civil society to take concrete actions/steps in the areas of legislation and policy, health services, social mobilization and capacity building. The participants made the commitment to promote the recommendations in their respective countries. Read the Call to Action and the Conference Reports by selecting the links below. The Final Report and Agenda for the Region will soon be available (early 2002). Check this page!

Final Report Download the full text Call to Action English  Spanish  French Presentations Symposium Flyer Agenda List of Participants

Conference Presentations

• Domestic Violence, Legislation and Health in Bolivia (Bolivia)   Word   PDF



• "Gregoria Apaza" Women's Centre Intercultural Focus and Community Mobilization to Eliminate Gender Violence. An Experience from the El Alto Municipality (Bolivia)   Word   PDF



• Sexual Violence and the Response of the Health Sector in Brazil (Brazil)   Word   PDF



• Centro Comunitario de Salud Mental Familiar de Pudahuel: Abordaje Integral de la Violencia Intrafamiliar (Chile - Only available in Spanish)   Word   PDF



• Improving the Quality of Services: Gender Awareness and Integrality in the Implementation of Norms (Colombia)   Word   PDF



• Costa Rica: National System for Attention and Prevention of Domestic Violence: A Proposal for an Integrated Model of Care (Costa Rica)   Word   PDF



• La Comisaria al Barrio, una Nueva Estrategia para Enfrentar la Violencia Intrafamiliar y Sexual en el Ecuador (Ecuador - Only available in Spanish)   Word   PDF



• Case Study: United States of America Activities to Eliminate Violence Against Women (United States)   Word   PDF



• Addresing Domestic Violence as one of the Manifestations of Gender Violence, from the Health Sector in the Juan Díaz Township (Panama)   Word   PDF



• Participation of the Health Sector in the Fight Against Gender Violence: Background and Challenges for Mexico (Mexico)   Word   PDF



• Prevention and Eradication of Domestic Violence with the Health System as the Starting Point: A New Paradigm (Mexico)   Word   PDF



• Case Study: Women's Network Against Violence, Nicaragua (Nicaragua)   Word   PDF



• An Inter-Sectoral Approach to Gender Violence: The Experience in Peru (Peru)   Word   PDF



• From Victim to Survivor, with you in the Process (Puerto Rico)   Word   PDF



• Fortaleciendo la Capacidad de los Servicios de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva para Abordar la Violencia de Género (Dominican Republic - Only available in Spanish)   Word   PDF



• Eradicating Violence: A Political Commitment to Women's Health and Rights (RSMLAC)   Word   PDF



• Facing Violence Against Women in Indigenous Communities: The Case of Marroon Communities in the Brokopondo District in Suriname (Suriname)   Word   PDF



• Case Study: Communication Among your People on Sexual and Domestic Violence (Venezuela)   Word   PDF