Suffer No Longer in Silence: Addressing Gender- based Violence in a Rural Nepali Community describes the work of the Public Health Concern Trust - NEPAL to integrate efforts to address gender-based violence into reproductive and sexual health services for young people and women in the rural Dolakha District of Central Nepal.

The practice was selected because:

• The program effectively identifies cases of gender-based violence through its screening process and enables girls and women who have experienced such violence to seek solutions.
• It is effective in assisting communities and individuals to understand that the nature of the problem is socio-cultural, not personal.
• The program’s analytical approach is innovative. It starts with the premise that addressing a health problem requires addressing its underlying social causes, in this case, pervasive gender inequality. It is also the first effort in Nepal to provide services addressing gender based violence in a rural area.
• The project successfully tests the replicability of work done in an urban environment in Nepal

• Good Practices in Clinical Services & Comprehensive Programmes pp.4-17
• PHECT Nepal
• Video