The World Bank Takes Action against Gender-based Violence through PROSALVAR  The World Bank Latin America & Caribbean Poverty and Gender Group would like to share training resources that you may find useful in your work. These resources were produced by and for use in the Proyecto de Salud Integral para Varones y Mujeres (PROSALVAR).
PROSALVAR was designed to help build a response to apparent gaps in healthcare projects in the Bank's Latin America & Caribbean portfolio through pilot activities in three Highly Indebted Poor Countries: Bolívia, Honduras and Nicaragua. Financed by the Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program, the project's main objectives were to build the capacity of staff in health care centers and hospitals to effectively screen for intimate partner violence and refer victims to appropriate services, and to better educate and involve men in sexual and reproductive health. As a pilot project, PROSALVAR also sought to help the Bank better understand its operational role in preventing and responding to gender-based violence and in promoting the male involvement agenda. Training material for PROSALVAR in Nicaragua (Spanish):
Training material for PROSALVAR in Hoduras:
For more information about the project and its results, please see:
Addressing gender-based violence in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: A critical review of interventions
 The authors present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis on good practice interventions to prevent GBV or offer services to its survivors or perpetrators. Intimate partner violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has serious consequences for women's health and well-being, ranging from fatal outcomes, such as homicide, suicide, and AIDS-related deaths, to nonfatal outcomes, such as physical injuries, chronic pain syndrome, gastrointestinal disorders, complications during pregnancy, miscarriage, and low birth-weight of children. GBV also poses significant costs for the economies of developing countries, including lower worker productivity and incomes, and lower rates of accumulation of human and social capital. The authors examine good practice approaches in justice, health, education, and multisectoral approaches. In each sector, they identify good practices for: (1) law and policies; (2) institutional reforms; (3) community-level interventions; and (4) individual behavior change strategies. >>> More |
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