Health Sector Response to GBV National Guideline on Providing Care and Prevention for Health Care Providers

Gender –based Violence (GBV), which is a gender neutral term by definition, but affecting mostly women, and cutting across all strata of the society,
widespread both in the developed and developing world and Maldives is no exception.

The land mark study (WHLE Study) conducted in 2004 showed that 1 in 3 women aged 15-49 have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence during their lifetime. This includes intimate partner violence, sexual violence by family members, colleagues at work and stress, as well as childhood
sexual abuse.