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Centro de Estudioes y Publicaciones Centro de la Mujer Peruanan Flora Tristan Chirapaq, Centro de Cultural Indias Instituto Laboral para Desarrollo Regional (ILDER) Latin America Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights Movimiento Manuela Ramos National Coordinator for Human Rights Red Nacional de Promoción de la Mujer Taller Permanente de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazonicas del Peru Puerto Rico Feministas en Marcha Suriname Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights Projekta Organization for Women and Development Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action Network of Non-Governmental Organization so fTrinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women NGO Commonwealth Women's Network Uruguay Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Sobre el Desarrollo, Uruguay Instituto del Tercer Mundo International Council for Adult Education Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeres de America Latin y el Caribe Red Mujer Salud en Uruguay Venezuela Centro de Investigación Social, Formación y Estudios de la Mujer (CISFEM) Teenage Mother Civil Association Gender-Based Violence WHO World Health Organization, 2002. World Report on Violence and Health. Etienne G. Krug, Linda L. Dahlberg, James A. Mercy, Anthony B. Zwi and Rafael Lozano (Eds.). Geneva: WHO, http://www.who.int/gender/violence/en/ World Health Organization. 2004.The Economic Dimensions of Interpersonal Violence. Geneva: WHO. UNFPA http://www.unfpa.org/gender/violence.htm International Planned Parenthood--Western Hemishphere Division http://www.ippfwhr.org/programs/program_gbv_e.asp PAHO http://www.paho.org/Spanish/DPM/GPP/GH/VAW.htm ISIS (Chilean NGO) http://www.isis.cl/temas/vi/index.htm UNIFEM http://www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=57 IDB http://www.iadb.org/sds/soc/publication_546_e.htm Inter-American Commision of Women (OAS) http://www.oas.org/cim/English/Convention%20Violence%20Against%20Women.htm Additional Recommended Readings: Center for Health and Gender Equity, "Population Reports: Violence Against Women". In Issues in World Health, Series L, No. 11: Pp.1-42. Morrison, Andrew R. and Biehl, Maria Loreto (Eds.). 1999. Too Close to Home: Domestic Violence in the Americas. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank. Executive summary and order form (PDF 29KB)

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