TRAINING OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Sample Clauses

TRAINING OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Prosecutors are often unable to win cases involving crimes against women because doctors don’t properly document the extent of xxxxx and dying declarations in dowry death cases, nor properly prepare postmortem reports. Since all cases of violence against women (VAW) must be registered with doctors for medical certification, the doctors needed sensitization both on gender and legal issues. Medical professionals received essentially no training on these issues. IFES’ partner, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Youth Movement (SVYM), trained 922 doctors on handling cases of domestic violence and dowry deaths in partnership with the Institute for Rural Development and Administrative Training in Karnataka, and the State Institute for Rural Development in Rajasthan. The project objectives were to:  Create a platform for training and educating medical professionals on issues related to violence against women.  Develop appropriate training materials for continuing education of medical professionals in dealing with violence against women.  Equip medical professionals with an understanding of the background of violence against women, and minimum standards for professional practice in handling such cases. SVYM consulted with police officials, the judiciary, medical practitioners, and survivors of violence in the preparation of the training module. A gender specialist and a specialist in forensic medicine were members of the team that developed the training module, “Medical and Humane Management of Cases of Violence Against Women.” In the feedback received from doctors, a significant percentage of them found the training to be very useful. Many were informed of new elements they had not considered earlier regarding how critical it is to prepare clear, detailed medical reports. They were made aware that the medical report is the key to securing justice for women who have suffered different forms of violence. To quote one of the trainee doctors, “The training helped me to be honest, impartial and has given me the confidence to do my job in helping to deliver justice.” Besides helping to build potential linkages with the state and national government, departments of health and law, this effort achieved the following:  Gender sensitive and effective management of VAW cases by doctors  Appreciation by the judiciary of SVYM’s effort in strengthening access to justice for victims of violence against women by enhancing the competency of doctors to depose in a court of law  Expansion of ...
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