Women, violence and health - Amnesty International

Women, violence and health - Amnesty International: "The epidemic of violence directed at women and girls constitutes a major human rights scandal and a public health crisis. Around the world women are regularly beaten and sexually abused by intimate partners, family members, neighbours, and by people not known to them. They also suffer gender-based violence during and after conflicts and wars. The impact on women�s health goes far beyond bruises, broken bones or even death. As well as causing physical suffering to women, such violence has a profound impact on women�s psychological well-being, on their sexual and reproductive health and on the well-being and security of their families and communities. "