1. Introduction – Keerty Nakray Part 1. Conceptual Framework 2. Gender Based Violence: A Framework for Public Health Budgets and Policies - Keerty Nakray 3. Gender Budgets and Public Health Approach: Addressing Gender Based Violence in India - Vibhuti Patel 4. Gender-Based Violence as a Public Health Issue and the Legal Perspective: A Critical Overview - Ronagh McQuigg 5. Gender, Gender-based Violence and HIV/AIDS: Review of Evidence and Policy - Rachel Jewkes 6. Measuring Gender Based Violence: Issues of Impact and Prevalence - Emma Williamson 7. Gender-based Violence in Australia: a State-based Joined-up Approach - Deborah Western and Robyn Mason Part 2. Risks, Impacts and Responses to Gender Based Violence 8. Gender-based Violence in Post-Disaster Recovery Situations: An Emerging Public Health Issue - Margaret Alston 9. Gender, Use and Abuse: Sexually Abused Women in Alcohol and Drug Treatment - Jan Breckenridge and Michael Salter 10. The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on the Mental Health of Latin American Immigrant Women in the U.S. - Blanca M. Ramos 11. Legal Response to Domestic Violence in Tajikistan - Dilbar Turkhanova 12. Sexual Violence within Intimate Contexts of Marriage: Integrating Human Rights and Public Health Approach for Gender Sensitive Interventions - Nishi Mitra 13. Gender-based Violence and Reproductive Health in Five Indian States Ernestina Coast, - Tiziana Leone and Alankar Malviya 14. Rethinking Gender Based Violence and Public Health Policies in India: Insights from Dilaasa, Mumbai, India - Padma Bhate- Deosthali and Ravi Duggal 15. Contributing to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Related Homicide: A Multi-Systemic Practice Response Framework - Jan Breckenridge and Kerrie James 16. Sexual Violence and Culture of Silence in India: Critical Appraisal of Role of Health Services - Nishi Mitra 17. Conclusion - Keerty Nakray