Predictable, preventable : Violence lors de catastrophes : prévisible, évitable : pratiques exemplaires pour mettre fin à la violence interpersonnelle et à la violence dirigée contre soi-même pendant et après les catastrophes

This report highlights why and how the risk of violence needs to Disaster response and recovery: interpersonal and self-directed be addressed through a public violence prevention must be pri- violence during and after disas- health approach and must be oritized, responded to rapidly and ters is a predictable and prevent- made a priority. [...] Awareness of the risks of the International Federation and needs to be monitored and violence should be made widely its partner agencies should take responded to with the same available, in combination with to have a more engaged role in urgency, attention and resources humanitarian diplomacy, to high- addressing the problem: as other preventable public health level authorities. [...] The report also high- recovery from disasters and monitoring and evaluation stages of lights concrete actions that can crises and promoting cultures appropriate initiatives for disaster be taken to address violence, and of non-violence and peace that and crises preparedness, response profiles examples of challenges, contribute to lowering levels of and recovery programming. [...] The threat was Louisiana and Mississippi, allegations of intimate part- highest for children (girls and boys) and women, with ner violence in the affected areas increased up to three the risk continuing even one and a half years after the times the national rate.xv There was also an increase in earthquake. [...] In the shelters, of segregating the groups led to a ARE ALREADy CoPING WITH THE the situation worsened because of more comprehensive picture of the PHySICAL AND PSyCHoLoGICAL crowding and a lack of community challenges people faced, including EFFECTS oF THE DISASTER.” structures.