| Health Consequences
of Violence Against Women
FATAL OUTCOMES
- Suicide
- Homicide
- Maternal mortality
- HIV/AIDS
NONFATAL OUTCOMES
Physical health outcomes:
- Injury (from lacerations to fractures
and internal organs injury)
- Unwanted pregnancy
- Gynecological problems
- STDs including HIV
- Miscarriage
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Headaches
- Permanent disabilities
- Asthma
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Self-injurious behaviours (smoking,
unprotected sex)
Mental health outcomes:
- Depression
- Fear
- Anxiety
- Low self-esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Eating problems
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Post traumatic stress disorder
Source:
“Violence against Women”, WHO Consultation,
1996
Domestic Violence Against Women and
Girls. Preliminary Edition
INNOCENTI DIGEST N o .6 - M a y 2 0 0 0
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
Innocenti Research Centre Florence - Italy
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