Data to Stop GBV Center
Violence against women is a global public health challenge of pandemic proportions
One in three women
has been a victim of physical and/or sexual violence practiced by an intimate partner or sexual violence by a non-partner.
Source: World Health Organization
Brazilian reality
of the 458,000 homicides recorded worldwide are of women
of the female homicides were committed by intimate partners
of countries have health guidelines in place to address violence against women
The relationship between violence and public health
Violence against women and girls is not just a public safety issue. This is a multisectoral challenge and public health has a fundamental role in addressing this global crisis, common to various socioeconomic and cultural realities.
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Public health systems generate useful data and evidence to inform public policies and intersectoral campaigns for the prevention of violence against women and girls.
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Data from the area, such as prevalence of cases, hospitalizations and deaths due to violence, as well as administrative records with information on outpatient and hospital procedures, can provide valuable indicators for early detection of violence.
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The sooner victims are identified, and alerts are generated, the faster measures of protection are adopted, preventing cases from reaching more severe outcomes, such as hospitalizations and death.
Areas of Vital Strategies' action in the Program for the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence
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Generating evidence on violence against women and children through innovative methods of public health data analysis and support for the adoption of procedures to qualify the available data.
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Strengthening the role of health surveillance in the early detection of cases of violence and in generating data that can support multisectoral and integrated policies to prevent and address the issue, including not only the areas of health and safety, but also social assistance, education, legal medicine, among others.
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Creating pioneering tools for detection and early intervention in cases of violence through innovative methods of analysis, integration and visualization of data, computational linguistics and artificial intelligence.
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Formatting and executing multiple communication strategies with the aim of raising awareness among civil society, governments and health professionals about the particularities gender-based violence, its risks and the best strategies for prevention and case management.
Projects
Vital Strategies uses its expertise in data analysis and support for public policies to work, alongside academic and governmental partners, on preventing violence against women and girls. From a public health perspective, it develops projects in different contexts, ranging from subnational to national and international.
