GBV Trainings for Health Professionals

Country	Cabo Verde
Year	2015
Type of Measure	Health > Training
Form of Violence	Violence against women and girls

Brief Description

14 trainings were implemented for health professionals on GBV, for a total of 274 professionals (doctors, nurses, psychologists, administrative staff). In 2016, a Procedures Manual was developed for Health Service Professionals, to provide information on GBV concept, support identification of GBV situations and to harmonize procedures, and was disseminated in 2 workshops with 43 participants from all islands.

Source of Information

Cabo Verde's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.30.