Violence victims: medico-legal services for victims of sexual violence, extent of implementation
Definition:
"-" : information unavailable or non-applicable or respondents provided a “Don’t know” response.
0: not at all implemented.
1: implemented once or a few isolated times.
2: implemented systematically on a larger scale (for example, across many schools or communities, or has reached more than 30% of the intended
target population in the country).
Medico-legal services for sexual violence victims provide immediate medical and psychosocial care and legal advice for victims, and collect medical and legal evidence to corroborate victim accounts and help identify perpetrators.
Method of estimation:
Data reported by countries as part of the Global status report on violence prevention.
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