Report of the FIGO Working Group on Sexual Violence/HIV: Guidelines for the management of female survivors of sexual assault

Jina, Ruxana; Jewkes, Rachel; Munjanja, Stephen; Mariscal, José David Ortiz; Dartnall, Elizabeth; Gebrehiwot, Yirgu

doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.02.001

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“…These include the dual responsibility of attending to the healthcare and medicolegal needs of the survivor. [4] Definitions It is helpful for the clinician to understand the legal definitions of sexual offences, as contained in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offen ces and Other Related Matters) Amendment Act No. 32 of 2007 (Table 1).…”

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Current approaches to the management of adult survivors of sexual offences

Tiemensma

2016

S Afr Med J

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Current approaches to the management of adult survivors of sexual offences

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2016

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“…The FIGO Working Group on Sexual Violence/HIV has recently published its guidelines for the management of female survivors of sexual assault [2].…”

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Contemporary issues in women's health

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Hammoud

2010

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

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“…Although studies in South Africa , more specifically, the Western Cape, show high levels of violence, especially community-, gender-related and domestic violence (Dinan, McCall & Gibson 2004;Dunkle et al 2004;Jina et al 2010;Joyner & Marsh 2011), little is known about how traditional health practitioners view this situation. Despite anecdotal evidence that men and women consult traditional health practitioners concerning experiences of violence, there is scant information on the issue.…”

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Perceptions of traditional health practitioners on violence in the Helderberg Municipal Area, Western Cape

Gibson

2013

Health SA Gesondheid

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This study on perceptions of violence was conducted with 56 traditional health practitioners (diviners: amagrirha) in the Helderberg Municipal Area of Cape Town Metro. It forms a subsection of a larger study on African medicine. This particular research focuses on how traditional health practitioners perceive violence, including gender-related violence. Individual, in-depth interviews were done with 21 traditional health practitioners and focus group discussions were held with 35 participants. The paper reports on their understanding of, as well as the meanings attached to, community and gender-based violence in an urban setting. The traditional health practitioners related violence to a range of disconnections in society, ranging from not adhering to traditional norms and practices, to breaks in relations between parents and children, within families and in marital- and sexual relations. They referred to a general sense of disjuncture between the living and the ancestral worlds. The accumulative effect of this sense of not being connected was seen as damaging and a precursor to violence. In two sites where there were high concentrations of violence, ceremonies were held to purify the areas by ritual. In addition to attending to the physical manifestations of illness, distress and violence, these traditional health practitioners attempted to enhance and restore proper social relationships between the living, as well as between the living and the dead.Hierdie studie oor persepsies van geweld is gedoen met 56 tradisionele gesondheidspraktisyns (waarsêers: amagrirha) in die Helderberg Munisipale gebied van Kaapstad Metro. Dit vorm deel van ’n groter studie gerig op Afrika-medisyne. Hierdie spesifieke navorsing fokus op hoe tradisionele gesondheidspraktisyns geweld beskou, insluitende geslags-gebaseerde geweld. individuele, in-diepte onderhoude is gevoer met 21 tradisionele gesondheidspraktisyns en fokusgroepbesprekings is gehou met 35 deelnemers. Die artikel doen verslag oor hoe tradisionele gesondheidspraktisyns gemeenskaps- en geslags-gebaseerde geweld verstaan en daaran betekenis heg in ’n stedelike opset. Die tradisionele gesondheidspraktisyns verbind geweld met ’n reeks diskonneksies in die gemeenskap, wat wissel van ’n gebrek aan gehoor ten opsigte van tradisionale norme en praktyke tot verbrokkeling van verhoudings tussen ouers en kinders, binne families en in huweliks- en geslagsverhoudings. Hulle het verwys na ’n algemene persepsie van ontwrigting tussen die lewendes en die wêreld van die voorouers. Die akkumulatiewe effek van hierdie gevoel van verbrokkeling word gesien as afbrekend en ’n voorspel tot geweld. In twee plekke waar daar hoë konsentrasies van geweld was, is seremonies gehou om die areas ritueel te reining. Bykomend tot die aandag aan fisiese manifestasies van siekte, nood en geweld, het hierdie tradisionale gesondheidspraktisyns gepoog om behoorlike sosiale verhoudings tussen die lewendes te verbeter en te herstel, sowel as tussen die lewendes en die gestorwenes.

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Report of the FIGO Working Group on Sexual Violence/HIV: Guidelines for the management of female survivors of sexual assault

Abstract: Implementation of the recommendations in this Guideline should result in more appropriate management of survivors of sexual violence and better physical and psychological outcomes.

Cited by 36 publications

References 23 publications

Current approaches to the management of adult survivors of sexual offences

Current approaches to the management of adult survivors of sexual offences

Contemporary issues in women's health

Perceptions of traditional health practitioners on violence in the Helderberg Municipal Area, Western Cape

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