Violence and Injury Prevention

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

Health workers and sexual violence

UN Photo/Martine Perret

Fact 15: WHO has developed recommendations to support health workers to address the consequences of sexual violence.

To build health workers' capacity to support victims of sexual assault, WHO and other partners have developed an online e-learning course for health care providers on Clinical management of rape and Guidelines for medico-legal care for victims of sexual violence. This course aims to improve health services for victims of sexual violence by providing health care workers with the knowledge and skills needed for the care of victims of sexual violence.

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16 facts on violence against women

  1. Physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner
  2. Violence against women is predictable and preventable
  3. Violence against women and health
  4. Violence against women and well-being of children
  5. Violence against women and HIV
  6. Violence against women and MDGs
  7. Violence against women and economic development
  8. The link between child maltreatment and intimate partner violence
  9. Alcohol and intimate partner violence
  10. Sexual violence and conflict
  11. Preventing intimate partner violence by building skills
  12. School-based programmes and violence prevention
  13. Engaging men and boys
  14. WHO and prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence against women
  15. Health workers and sexual violence
  16. Research on preventing sexual violence