User account menu

  • Log in
  • English
Pan American Health Organization

  • Home
  • Topics
  • Countries
  • Resources
      1. Publications
      2. Data
      3. Tools
        1. Digital Health Library
        2. Virtual Health Library
        3. Virtual Campus for Public Health
      4. PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres
      5. Regional Revolving Funds
      6. Initiatives
        1. Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas
        2. Elimination Initiative
        3. Zero Preventable Maternal Deaths
        4. Better Care for NCDs Initiative
        5. CureAll Americas
        6. HEARTS in the Americas
      7. Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2018-2030
      8. Alerts and Epidemiologic Updates
      9. Documents
        1. Mandates
        2. Technical and Scientific Products
      10. One Health
  • News
      1. Resources for Journalists
      2. News Releases
      3. Country News
      4. Technical Unit News
      5. Events
      6. Stories
      7. Communication materials
        1. Brochures
        2. Infographics
      8. Champions of Health
      9. Public Health Heroes
      10. Collaborators
      11. Campaigns
        1. Past campaigns
      12. PAHO Newsletters
      13. PAHO Podcast
      14. PAHO Calendars
  • About
      1. About PAHO/WHO
        1. History of PAHO
        2. PAHO's Former Directors
      2. Organizational Chart
      3. Statement of Assessed Contributions due from Member States
      4. What We Do
        1. Communicable Disease Prevention, Control, and Elimination
        2. Comprehensive Immunization
        3. Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health
        4. Innovation, Access to Medicines and Health Technologies
        5. Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity
        6. Health Emergencies
        7. Health Systems and Services
        8. Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health
      5. Governance
        1. Pan American Sanitary Conference
        2. Directing Council
        3. Executive Committee
        4. Subcommittee on Program, Budget and Administration
      6. Careers at PAHO
        1. Internships
      7. Partnerships
      8. Investigations Office
      9. Office of Internal Audit
      10. Director's Page
        1. Speeches
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Video Interview - Directing Council 54: +SocialGood Violence Against Women

Video Interview - Directing Council 54: +SocialGood Violence Against Women

Copied to clipboard
2 Oct 2015
generic icon

Alessandra Guedes, Advisor, Intra-Family Violence, at the Pan American Health Organization, discusses Violence Against Women during +SocialGood at the 54th Directing Council.

Coverage of the Governing Bodies
Technical Unit News
Violence against women
Healthy Life Course
Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity

Other news

Group photo
Caribbean health professionals strengthen critical care skills to improve preparedness and response to severe acute respiratory infections
6 Mar 2026
foto grupal
Panama brings together key stakeholders to advance the prevention and control of respiratory viruses with epidemic and pandemic potential
6 Mar 2026
GIS training
Países de las Américas fortalecen capacidades en estadística espacial y modelado de riesgo para la preparación y respuesta ante emergencias y desastres
5 Mar 2026
educacion personal de salud
Spanish version of PAHO course on simulation and technology in nursing and midwifery education now available
3 Mar 2026
BIREME team gathered in São Paulo to celebrate the Center’s 59th anniversary with Sebastián García Saisó and João Paulo Souza on March 2, 2026.
59 Years of BIREME: Evidence-Based Information for Health
3 Mar 2026
Skin‑Lightening Products
PAHO advances in eliminating mercury from skin‑lightening products and urges countries to raise awareness of their risks
27 Feb 2026

Latest news

Woman has her blood pressure checked
PAHO and Global Affairs Canada renew CAD$15 million partnership to advance women’s and adolescents’ health in the Americas
23 Mar 2026
Girl being examined by doctor
Guatemala joins the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas to strengthen its health system
20 Mar 2026
Children running through the fields
PAHO’s 2025 Annual Report highlights resilience, innovation, and regional cooperation for health in the Americas
19 Mar 2026
See all the news

About Us

  • About PAHO/WHO
  • Employment
  • Internships

Policies

  • Alert - Scam attempts using PAHO/WHO's name
  • Doing Business with PAHO
  • Integrity & Conflict Management (ICMS)
  • Privacy Policy
  • Personal data protection policy
  • Terms and conditions

Contact Us

  • Inquiries
  • Report Wrongdoing

Follow Us

Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization

© Pan American Health Organization. All rights reserved.