Entre Nous: the European magazine for sexual and reproductive health: no. 61: responding to violence against women

2 t:nrreNous The European Magazine for Sexual and Reproductive Health Entre Nous is published by: Reproductive Health and Research Programme WHO Regional Office for Europe Scherfigsvej 8 DK-2100 Copenhagen 0 Denmark Tel:(+45)3917 1602 Fax:(+45)3917 1850 E-mail: entrenous@who.dk www.euro.who.int/entrenous Chief editor Dr Gunta Lazdane Editor Jacqueline Bryld Editorial assistant Dominique Gundelach Layout To om bard, Denmark. www.toombord.dk Print Central tryk Hobro a/s Entre Nous is funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York, with the assistance of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is published three times a year. Present distribution figures stand at: 3,000 English, 2,000 Spanish, 2,000 Portuguese, 1,000 Bul­ garian, 1,000 Russian and 500 Hungarian. Entre Nous is produced in: Bulgarian by the Ministry of Health in Bul­ garia as a part of a UNFPA-funded project; Hungarian by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medial School of Debrecen, PO Box 37, Debrecen, Hungary; Portuguese by the General Directorate for Health, Alameda Afonso Henriques 45, P-1056 Lisbon, Portugal; Russian by the WHO Information Centre for Health for the Central Asian Republics; Spanish by the lnstituto de la Mujer, Minis­ terio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, Almagro 36, ES-28010 Madrid, Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish issues are dis­ tributed directly through UNFPA representa­ tives and WHO regional offices to Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries in Africa and South America. Material from Entre Nous may be freely trans­ lated into any national language and reprinted in journals, magazines and newspapers or placed on the Web provided due acknowl­ edgement is made to Entre Nous, UNFPA and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Articles appearing in Entre Nous do not necessarily reflect the views of UNFPA or WHO. Please address enquiries to the authors of the signed articles. For information on WHO-supported activi­ ties and WHO documents, please contact the Family and Community Health unit at the address given above. Please order WHO publications directly from the WHO sales agent in each country or from Marketing and Dissemination, WHO, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland ISSN: 1014-8485 CONTENTS Editorial By Elena Salgado, Minister of Health, Spain Violence against women in the WHO European Region - an overview By Inge Baumgarten and Dinesh Sethi Strategies for female genital mutilation prevention in Europe By Els Leye and Comfort Momoh Violence and trafficking against women in Europe: a priority for HIV programming? By Charlotte Watts. Cathy Zimmerman and Brenda Roche Securing shelter and support for female victims of violence By Rosa Logar, Maria Pohn-Weidinger and Martina K. Steiner Co-ordinated Action-working through a network By Sabine Bohne and Renate Klein Breaking the silence on violence in Latvia By Liva Biseniece and Aiga Rurane The social context of violence among adolescents By Thora/fur Thorlindsson Addressing violence during pregnancy in the Republic of Moldova By Valentina Ba/tag and Katie Cosgrove Violence against women in Turkey By Niiket Paksoy Suba�, and Ay�e Akm Creating a gender-based violence prevention network in the Russian Federation By Lidia Bardakova and Julia Kachalova Violence against women in The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia The burden and challenges for prevention By Fimka Tozija, Dragan Gjorgjev, Dimitrinka Jordanova, Marija Raleva Attitudes and experiences of sexual abuse among Estonian adolescents By Kristel Altosaar Europe against violence towards children, young people and women By Ingrid Be/lander Todino Internet Resources By Jacqueline Bryld Resources Page 10 Page 13 Cover illustration: ©BAM/Fie Johansen Page 16 Page22 3 4 8 10 13 14 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 30 Page30 THE ENTRE NOUS EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Dr Assia Brandrup­ Lukanow Senior Adviser, Division for Health, Education and Social Protection German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ) Mr Bjarne 8. Christensen Head of secretariat,Sex & Samfund, the Danish Member Association of lPPF Dr Helle Karro Head,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Medical Faculty, University ofTartu, Estonia Dr Evert Ketting Netherlands School of Public and Occupational Health Dr Peer Sieben UNFPA Representative and Country Director, Romania Utrecht, The Netherlands Ms Vicky Claeys Dr Malika Ladjali Regional Director Senior Programme Specialist International Planned Parenthood UNESCO/Headquarters, Paris Federation,European Network Ms Adriane Martin Hilber (IPPF-EN),Brussels Technical Officer,Departmentof Dr Robert Thomson Reproductive Health and Research, Adviser on Sexuality, Reproduc- WHO Headquarters,Geneva tive Health & Advocacy, UNFPA Ms Nell Rasmussen LLM Country Technical Services Team Director,PRO-Centre,Copenhagen for Europe, Bratislava © World Health Organization 2005