"Gender-related violence or gender-based violence includes any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification."
Any act or threat of harm perpetrated against a person based on their gender or gender identity, including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
Definition of Gender-based Violence (GBV): A comprehensive understanding of GBV, its causes, and its effects on victims.
Sexism: An overview of sexism, which refers to the discrimination or prejudice based on one's sex and is often the root cause of GBV.
Types of GBV/sexism: An explanation of the various forms of GBV/sexism such as physical, psychological, and sexual violence or harassment.
Patriarchy: An understanding of the patriarchal cultures and traditions that fuel GBV.
Feminism: An introduction to feminist principles that advocate for gender equality and oppose sexism and GBV.
Intersectionality: An understanding of how various forms of oppression such as racism, classism, and heteronormativity intersect and exacerbate GBV and sexism.
Gender norms and stereotypes: An explanation of gender roles and stereotypes that perpetuate GBV and sexism.
Consent and Boundaries: An understanding of the importance of consent and boundaries in healthy relationships and how GBV and sexism often violate these aspects.
Empowerment: An understanding of empowerment and its role in helping survivors heal and prevent further incidence of GBV and sexism.
Laws and Policies: An overview of laws and policies that aim to protect victims of GBV/sexism and hold perpetrators accountable.
Education and Prevention: An understanding of how education and prevention efforts can challenge the social norms that perpetuate GBV/sexism and promote healthy relationships.
Activism and Advocacy: An introduction to activism and advocacy movements that aim to end GBV/sexism and promote gender equality.
Domestic violence: Physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional abuse inflicted by a partner or family member in a domestic setting.
Sexual harassment: Unwanted sexual advances, comments, or gestures, which are unwelcome, inappropriate, and can make someone feel uncomfortable, intimidated or belittled.
Stalking: Persistent and unwanted pursuit or harassment of another person, causing fear, anxiety or emotional distress.
Female genital mutilation: The partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
Child marriage: The marriage of a girl or boy when they are under the age of 18, which can result in a lifetime of physical and emotional harm, particularly for young girls.
Human trafficking: The recruitment or transportation of individuals, through force or coercion, for the purpose of exploitation, such as sexual exploitation or forced labor.
Honor killings: The killing of a person, usually a woman, by family members in order to restore the family's honor, often due to actual or suspected sexual activity outside marriage.
Forced marriage: The coercion of someone into marriage without their consent or freedom of choice.
Sexual assault: The non-consensual touching, groping, or penetration of another person's body, which can result in serious physical and psychological trauma.
Persistent or uninvited sexual advances at the workplace: Repeated requests for sexual favours within a professional context, in exchange for a reward. This can create a hostile working environment for the victim.
Cyber harassment: Online abuse, threats or intimidation via social media, email or other forms of electronic communication.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Any type of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse between intimate partners, including psychological abuse, control and coercion.
Economic exploitation: The use of financial control to force someone into a vulnerable or dependent position, often used to justify coercive or abusive behaviors.
Institutional violence: Patterns of discrimination and exclusion that occur within a social, economic, or cultural institution that might contribute to an individual's experience of gender-based violence.
Denial of reproductive rights: The denial of one's right to make informed choices around one's reproductive and sexual health choices and access to health services.
Environmental and climate change violence: The gendered effects of climate change, environmental degradation, and displacement that disproportionately affect women and girls.
Violence against LGBTQ+ individuals: Hate crimes, which involve acts of violence and intimidation on the basis of sexual orientation, have an additional element of gender-based violence when targeted towards queer and trans individuals.
Discrimination and abuse of women with disabilities: Systemic discrimination against individuals with disabilities may be compounded by gender-based violence, particularly sexual violence.
"Types of gender-related violence include: Violence against women... Violence against men... Violence against LGBT people... Violence against transgender people, including non-binary people... Gay bashing... Online gender-based violence..."
"Violence against women (sometimes referred to simply as 'gender violence')"
"Violence against men"
"Violence against LGBT people"
"Violence against transgender people, including non-binary people"
"Gay bashing, which may be related to gender expression"
"Online gender-based violence, violence against any of the above groups (although disproportionately women) that takes place online"
"Gender-related violence or gender-based violence includes any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification."
"Violence against women (sometimes referred to simply as 'gender violence')"
"Violence against men"
"Types of gender-related violence include:... Violence against LGBT people... Violence against transgender people, including non-binary people... Gay bashing... Online gender-based violence..."
"Violence against LGBT people"
"Violence against transgender people, including non-binary people"
"Gay bashing, which may be related to gender expression"
"Online gender-based violence, violence against any of the above groups (although disproportionately women) that takes place online"
"Gender-related violence or gender-based violence includes any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification."
"Violence against women (sometimes referred to simply as 'gender violence')"
"Violence against men"
"Types of gender-related violence include:... Violence against LGBT people... Violence against transgender people, including non-binary people... Gay bashing... Online gender-based violence..."