Documenting cases of violence against women and girls and recording the health sector response

Documenting cases of violence against women and girls and recording the health sector response
INVITATION

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Join us on Tuesday, December 3, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (Washington DC, or EST) for the launch of the information kit on strengthening administrative health data on sexual and intimate partner violence, an event commemorating the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.

Event Objectives:

  • Introduce participants to the form designed for clinicians across the Region to use in both electronic and paper format.
  • Introduce the toolkit, which affirms the importance of collecting administrative health data. Explain how the form is aligned with key regional health indicators. Offer a manual explaining how clinicians can adapt and implement the form.
  • Highlight regional collaboration through a diverse panel that will discuss how this form can be implemented across the Region, highlighting the importance of regional collaboration.
  • The event will foster multi-sectoral engagement by emphasizing the role of administrative health data in shaping multi-sectoral policies and programs to address gender-based violence.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

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AGENDA

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CONTEXT

Accurate and comprehensive collection of administrative health data on intimate partner violence and sexual violence is critical to informing policies, strengthening health systems, and improving care for survivors. Recognizing this need, PAHO, with support from the Spanish Agency for Cooperation in International Development (AECID), has developed a clinical form (“Regional Form for Administrative Health Data on Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence”) and a complementary toolkit aimed at improving data collection efforts on intimate partner violence and sexual violence throughout the Region of the Americas.


The launch of this information kit coincides with the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, a crucial time to raise awareness about gender-based violence and highlight the importance of having strong data collection systems to address these critical issues.


RELATED LINKS

Campaign: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Violence against Women (PAHO´s webpage) 


TIME IN OTHER CITIES

  • 7:00 a.m. – Los Angeles, Vancouver.
  • 9:00 a.m. - Tegucigalpa, San Salvador, San Jose (CR), Mexico City, Managua, Guatemala City, Belmopan.
  • 10:00 a.m. – Bogota, Panama City, Kingston, Lima, Quito, Washington D.C., Havana, Nassau, Ottawa, Port-au-Prince.
  • 11:00 a.m. – Caracas, Port of Spain, La Paz, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Georgetown, Bridgetown.
  • 12:00 a.m. - Asunción, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo, Santiago, Paramaribo.
  • 4:00 p.m. – Geneva, Madrid.

For other cities, check the local time using the following link.