This page provides links to general information and documents on sexual violence.

Reports | Journal Articles | Links

• Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study.  Ellsberg M, Jansen HA, Heise L, Watts CH, Garcia-Moreno C. Lancet; 371(9619): 1165-72. 2008
  
• Poverty and Sexual Violence: Building Prevention and Intervention Responses by Donna Greco and Sarah Dawgert for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, 2007
• UN Secretary-General's Campaign to End Violence Against Women - Fact Sheet
  
• Gender Based Violence. Terry G, Hoare J (Eds) Oxfam, 2007
• Stop Violence Against Women, A Fact Sheet on Sexual Violence: A Human Rights Violation, Amnesty International
  
• Clinical Management of Rape Survivors [Arabic]
• Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women, 1993-2006, Rosen L and Fontaine J. (eds.), NIJ, 2007
• World Report on Women's Health. FIGO, 2007
• Amnesty International Report 2007, the state of the world’s human rights, Amnesty International, 2007
• Sexual Assault During and After Separation/Divorce: An Exploratory Study, DeKeseredy, W.S., Criminology, Justice & Policy Studies University of Ontario Institute of Technology, submitted to Violence and Victimization Research Division, National Institute of Justice,  2007
• Programming to Address Violence Against Women: Ten Case Studies, UNFPA, 2007
• Ending Violence Against Women, Programming for Prevention, Protection and Care,  UNFPA, 2007
• MAIRIN - IWANKA RAYA, Indigenous Women Stand Against Violence.  A Companion Report to the United Nations Secretary General's Study on Violence Against, Miskito, FIMI 2006
• Broken  Bodies, Broken Dreams, Violence Against Women Exposed, OCHA/IRIN, 2006
• In-depth study on all forms of violence against women, UN, October 2006
• Background Documentation for: 61st session of the General Assembly Item 60(a) on Advancement of Women Secretary-General's Study on Violence Against Women. Document A/61/122/Add. 1, 2006
• Marital Rape: New Research and Directions, by Raquel Kennedy Bergen , 2006
• WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women: initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women’s responses, World Health Organisation. Geneva, Garcia-Moreno C, et al, 2005
• Making Violence against Women Count- Facts And Figures, Amnesty International - ACT 77/036/2004, 2004
• Preventing Violence: A guide to implementing the recommendations of the World Report on Violence and Health, WHO, 2004
• Chapter 6: Sexual violence, World Report on Violence and Health, WHO 2002
  Also available in: (Arabic), (Spanish) and (French)
• Population reports: Ending Violence against Women
  Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP), Johns Hopkins University, 1999
• Violence against Women: A Priority Health Issue
  WHO / Women's Health and Development (WHD) Programme, WHO, 1998
• The Intimate Enemy: Gender Violence and Reproductive Health, Panos, 1998

• Sexual Assault Victims in the Emergency Department: Analysis by Demographic and Event Characteristics. Avegno J, Mills TJ, Mills LD. J Emerg Med 2008
  
• Current Perceptions of Marital Rape: Some Good and Not-So-Good News. Ferro C, Cermele J, Saltzman A. J Interpers Violence 2008
  
• Histories of violent victimization among women who reported unwanted sex in marriages and intimate relationships: findings from a qualitative study. Basile KC. Violence Against Women; 14(1): 29-52. 2008
• Prediction of Women's Utilization of Resistance Strategies in a Sexual Assault Situation: A Prospective Study. Gidycz CA, Van Wynsberghe A, Edwards KM. J Interpers Violence 2008
• Adverse health conditions and health risk behaviors associated with intimate partner violence--United States, 2005. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep; 57(5): 113-7. 2008
• Measuring the effect of intimate partner violence on health-related quality of life: a qualitative focus group study. Wittenberg E, Joshi M, Thomas KA, McCloskey LA. Health Qual Life Outcomes; 5(1): 67. 2007
  
• Patriarchy matters: toward a gendered theory of teen violence and victimization. Brown LM, Chesney-Lind M, Stein N. Violence Against Women; 13(12): 1249-73. 2007
• An integrative feminist model: the evolving feminist perspective on intimate partner violence.  McPhail BA, Busch NB, Kulkarni S, Rice G. Violence Against Women; 13(8): 817-41. 2007
• Sexual assault: key issues. Cybulska B. J R Soc Med; 100(7): 321-324. 2007
• Drug facilitated sexual assault. Srp Arh Celok Lek; 135(3-4): 240-2. 2007
• Intimate Partner Abuse among Gay and Bisexual Men: Risk Correlates and Health Outcomes. Houston E, Mckirnan DJ. J Urban Health 2007
• Conceptualizing the "wantedness" of women's consensual and nonconsensual sexual experiences: implications for how women label their experiences with rape. Peterson ZD, Muehlenhard CL. J Sex Res; 44(1): 72-88. 2007
• The factors affecting sexual assaults committed by strangers and acquaintances. Pazzani LM. Violence Against Women; 13(7): 717-49. 2007: Abstract
• Rape blame as a function of alcohol presence and resistance type. Sims CM, Noel NE, Maisto SA. Addict Behav; ePub(ePub): ePub. 2007
• The prevalence of intimate partner violence among women and teenagers seeking abortion compared with those continuing pregnancy. Bourassa D, Bérubé J. J Obstet Gynaecol Can; 29(5): 415-23. 2007
• Ellsberg M, Violence Against Women and the Millennium Development Goals: Facilitating women’s access to support, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 94, 325 - 332, 2006
• Network: Nonconsensual Sex, Volume 23, Number 4, 2005
• International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 30, Number 4, December 2004
• Watts & Zimmerman, Violence Against Women: global scope and magnitude, (Note: quick registration required for access) Lancet Volume 359 Issue 9313, 2002

• Say No to Violence against Women Campaign