WINDHOEK, April 24 (Xinhua) -- A United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) official says she is encouraged by Namibia's efforts on tackling Gender Based Violence, in the capital Windhoek on Wednesday.
She lauded the launch of the country's "Clinical Handbook on the Health Care of Survivors Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence and/or Sexual Violence, Namibia."
The book is a product of the collaboration of WHO, UNFPA and Namibia's Ministry of Health and Social Services which aims to strengthen the health sector's response to violence against women and provide specific evidence-based guidance that can help empower health-care providers' response to women who have experienced violence.
UNFPA country representative Dennia Gayle said it is indeed encouraging to see that government is striving to address gender-based violence especially violence against women and girls.
"While primary prevention of violence against women and girls especially adolescent girls is paramount, response and impact mitigation are equally important levels of interventions."
"What makes this handbook important is that our healthcare workers will now have a tool that they can quickly consult when providing services to victims of gender based violence," Gayle told Xinhua on the sidelines of the launch.
The handbook consists of five parts including awareness about gender-based violence and first-line support for intimate violence and sexual assault.
