Biology and Medicine

Dr, Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram, India

Biography

Dr. Saurabh Ram Bihari Lal Shrivastava is a professor at the  Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Kancheepuram, India

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Involving Men Volunteers to Effectively Respond to the Problem of Gender-Based Violence in Myanmar: United Nations Population Fund
  Author(s): Saurabh Ram Bihari Lal Shrivastava* and Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava
  
  Gender-based violence has been regarded as one of the major social public health concerns affecting women from all walks of life across the world. Moreover, the incidence of the problem increases enormously in regions which are facing humanitarian emergencies. In order to respond to the problem of violence against women living in a displacement camp in Myanmar, the United Nations Population Fund started a new initiative to develop a network of male volunteers to prevent violence and adequately respond to assist the victims. To conclude, the problem of gender based violence cannot be eliminated unless men are actively involved in the drive. The current strategy of developing a network of men and involving them to counter this menace is quite an effective approach and the program managers from different parts of the world should aim to take a leaf out of it and replicate the same in the.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/0974-8369.19.11.453

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