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uilding on global and regional promising approaches
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Acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive summary
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Chapter 1: Background to the report 1
Chapter 2: A framework for understanding violence
against women and girls 4
2.1 Scope, magnitude, consequences and causes of violence against women 4
2.2 Interventions to prevent and respond to violence against women 6
Chapter 3: What is known about violence against women
in Melanesia and East Timor? 8
3.1 Previous studies on violence against women 8
3.2 Common forms of violence against women in Melanesia and East Timor 11
3.3 Women’s responses to violence 14
3.4 Challenges to addressing violence against women 16
Chapter 4: An integrated approach to addressing violence
against women 21
4.1 Why is an integrated approach important? 21
4.2 Barriers to achieving an integrated approach to violence against women 21
4.3 Promising practices in integrated approaches to violence against women 24
4.4 Overarching recommendations 28
Chapter 5: Improving women’s access to justice 30
5.1 Why is access to justice important? 30
5.2 Barriers faced by women in accessing justice 30
5.3 Promising practices in increasing women’s access to justice 33
5.4 Recommendations for increasing women’s access to justice 41