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dc.contributor.authorColumbini, Manuela
dc.contributor.authorH Mayhew, Susannah
dc.contributor.authorLund, Ragnhild
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Navpreet
dc.contributor.authorSwahnberg, Katarina
dc.contributor.authorInfanti, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorSchei, Berit
dc.contributor.authorWijewardene, Kumudu
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-28T13:06:56Z
dc.date.available2018-08-28T13:06:56Z
dc.date.created2018-05-29T09:19:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationBMC International Health and Human Rights. 2018, (18:22), 1-12.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1472-698X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2559681
dc.description.abstractBackground Although violence against women (VAW) is a global public health issue, its importance as a health issue is often unrecognized in legal and health policy documents. This paper uses Sri Lanka as a case study to explore the factors influencing the national policy response to VAW, particularly by the health sector. Methods A document based health policy analysis was conducted to examine current policy responses to VAW in Sri Lanka using the Shiffman and Smith (2007) policy analysis framework. Results The findings suggest that the networks and influences of various actors in Sri Lanka, and their ideas used to frame the issue of VAW, have been particularly important in shaping the nature of the policy response to date. The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs led the national response on VAW, but suffered from limited financial and political support. Results also suggest that there was low engagement by the health sector in the initial policy response to VAW in Sri Lanka, which focused primarily on criminal legislation, following global influences. Furthermore, a lack of empirical data on VAW has impeded its promotion as a health policy issue, despite financial support from international organisations enabling an initial health systems response by the Ministry of Health. Until a legal framework was established (2005), the political context provided limited opportunities for VAW to also be construed as a health issue. It was only then that the Ministry of Health got legitimacy to institutionalise VAW services. Conclusion Nearly a decade later, a change in government has led to a new national plan on VAW, giving a clear role to the health sector in the fight against VAW. High-level political will, criminalisation of violence, coalesced women’s groups advocating for legislative change, prevalence data, and financial support from influential institutions are all critical elements helping frame violence as a national public health issue.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleFactors shaping political priorities for violence against women-mitigation policies in Sri Lankanb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1-12nb_NO
dc.source.journalBMC International Health and Human Rightsnb_NO
dc.source.issue18:22nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12914-018-0161-7
dc.identifier.cristin1587310
dc.description.localcode© The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)nb_NO
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cristin.unitcode194,65,20,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for geografi
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for samfunnsmedisin og sykepleie
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