What forms does violence against women take?
The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women defines violence against women as: “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.
The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women defines violence against women as: “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.” In simple terms, violence against women is violence “directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects a woman disproportionately” There are many kinds of and names for violence against women: • domestic violence, family violence, wife-beating, intimate violence, intimate homicide, femicide • sexual violence, sexual assault, rape, marital rape, gang rape, date rape, acquaintance rape, indecent assault, sexual harassment, sex-based harassment • child abuse, child sexual abuse, paedophilia, incest • homophobic violence, hate crime, lesbian bashing, elder abuse • genital mutilation • enforced prostitution •
