Question

Role of health department in gender based violence

Answer 1

Academics, researchers, practitioners and millions of people from around the world participated in the violence against women campaign that ran from 25 November—International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women—to 10 December—Human Rights Day. The campaign called “16 Days of Activism against Gender‐Based Violence” is an annual event that connects these two important dates and reminds the world that violence against women is a human rights issue. Therefore, this is an opportunity to write on the issue of gender‐based violence and its various forms to draw the attention of nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals’ and the readers of Nursing Open to this subject.