Intimate partner violence: high costs to households and communities
Violence against women is increasingly seen as a key development issue that undermines economic growth. ICRW and local partners undertook a three-country study to estimate these costs at the household and community level. This brief outlines key findings.
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Intimate partner violence
ICRW and its partners, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) in Uganda and Hassan II University in Morocco, with support from UNFPA, undertook a three-country…