Gender-based violence and health care in Timor-Leste

Violence against women and children is pervasive in all societies. The resulting trauma and damage to people’s health, wellbeing and development is a central issue that healthcare providers confront on a regular basis. Too often these healthcare providers are given little guidance on how to best help victims of violence and are left to deal with these very complicated issues without adequate support.

Gender-based Violence and Healthcare in Timor-Leste is a practical guide for health professionals in Timor-Leste, an urgent issue in a country with very high rates of violence against women and children. The book brings together evidence and best practice from the World Health Organisation and carefully adapts it to the context of Timor-Leste through research with midwives and community leaders, and the experiences of women survivors of violence.

Written in easily accessible language and available in both English and Tetum, this book exposes the root causes of violence through examining gender inequality, power and the damaging attitudes and beliefs that often lead to victim-blaming. It then provides a step-by-step guide to help health providers identify the signs and ask about violence, respond in an empowering way and support survivors on their journey to safety.

Essential reading for nursing, midwifery and medical students as well as practicing health providers, this book is also useful for policy-makers and managers as it charts a way forward for strengthening the health system response to violence against women and children in Timor-Leste.

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Violénsia kontra feto no labarik nudar asuntu universal iha sosiedade hotu-hotu. Rezulta trauma no estragu ba ema nia saúde, moris di 'ak no dezenvolvimentu nudar kestaun sentrál ida ne' ebé fornesedor saúde sira bainbain hasoru. Dala barak fornesedór kuidadu saúde hirak-nee fó orientasaun uitoan kona-ba oinsá atu fó tulun diak liu ba vítima violénsia no husik hela atu rezolve kestaun sira neebé komplikadu tebes lahó apoiu neebé mak adekuadu.

Violénsia Bazeia ba Jéneru no Asisténsia Saúde iha Timor-Leste nudar matadalan prátiku ida ba profesional saúde sira iha Timor-Leste, asuntu urjente ida iha nasaun ho numeru violensia kontra feto no labarik aas tebes. Livru ida ne 'e halibur evidénsia no prátika ne' ebé di 'ak liu husi Organizasaun Mundiál Saúde no adapta didi' ak ho kontestu Timor-Leste nian liu husi peskiza ho parteira no lideransa komunitária sira, no esperiénsia husi feto sobrevivente sira ne 'ebé hetan violénsia.

Hakerek ho linguajem nebe mak fasil no disponivel iha lian Tetun no Ingles, livru ida nee fó sai kauza abut ba violénsia liuhosi ezamina dezigualdade jéneru, poder no estraga atitude no fiar neebé dalabarak hamosu fo sala ba vítima sira. Livru ida ne’e mos fornese matadalan pasu-ba-pasu hodi tulun fornesedór saúde sira identifika sinál no husu kona-ba violénsia, responde ho maneira hakbiit no apoia sobrevivente sira iha sira nia viajen seguransa nian.

Livru ida ne’e Esensiál ba Estudante parteira, enfarmajen no medisina sira no mós ba fornesedor saúde sira ne’ebe mak halo’o hela servisu hodi le’e, livru ida nee mós util ba ema sira ne’ebe mak halo polítika no jestór sira, tanba ida ne’e sai hanesan dalan ida ba oin atu haforsa sistema saúde hodi responde ba violénsia hasoru feto no labarik iha Timor-Leste.

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