Are the one-stop crisis centres for domestic violence effective?

Items from a 2014 exhibition on domestic violence at Paradigm Mall, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, organised by the Womens Aid Organisation to raise awareness on the issue.

Violence against women is a major public health problem globally. It is a violation of women’s human rights.

It has a negative effect on women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health. It may also increase women’s risk of acquiring sexually-transmitted infections like HIV.