Let’s Bring Gender-Based Violence Out of the Shadows in Mali

Carol Bales — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:36:58 +0000

This post was originally published on VITAL, the blog of IntraHealth International.

In Bamako, Mali, last month, I sat in on a workshop about training health workers to comprehensively care for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. From the heated debates going on around the room—including when and if a husband has the right to beat his wife and whether or not the wife considers it acceptable—it was clearly a topic not often discussed openly.

In fact, this kind of training curriculum is unprecedented in Mali.

Author's name:

Ingrid Marzuola

Publication Date:

March 2014