Search the World's Largest Database of Information Science & Technology Terms & Definitions
InfInfoScipedia LogoScipedia
A Free Service of IGI Global Publishing House
Below please find a list of definitions for the term that
you selected from multiple scholarly research resources.

What is Gender-based Violence

Chapter 1
Policy and Practice Challenges for Equality in Education
Continuum of violent behaviors (rape, sexual or physical assault, sexual harassment, emotional abuse etc.) towards a person based on her or his gender.
Published in Chapter:
Invisible Barriers, Undeclared Wars: Subtle Resistances to Women's Leadership in Academia
Lina Kurchenko (Kyiv National Economics University Named After Vadym Hetman, Ukraine)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7379-2.ch001
Abstract
Despite the indisputable progress of gender equality in academia in recent decades, the relative stagnancy of women's participation in decision making and resource distribution remains a global issue. There is growing evidence that a large part of gender inequality in higher education and research cannot be explained by explicit measurable factors. Male bias is encoded in societal and academic culture and to a significant extent determines subconscious choices and decisions benefiting men. This chapter analyses cultural reasons behind gender inequality and typifies them in a form of a matrix based on gendered attitudes to women's leadership in academia. The analysis of typical resistances reveals psychological and social mechanisms of subtle gender discrimination and is followed by a set of proposed preventive measures.
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
More Results
Chapter 20
Gender-Based Violence and Legal Frameworks
Violence committed on an individual based on his or her sex or gender identity, usually women or transgender or other sexual minorities.
Published in Chapter: Gender-Based Violence and Legal Frameworks; From: Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
Chapter 7
Towards Nonviolent Gender Relations in Africa: An Introduction to Inter-Gender Dialogue
Is an umbrella term for any harmful act done against one’s will, and such that is based, especially on society’s determined roles between men and women.
Published in Chapter: Towards Nonviolent Gender Relations in Africa: An Introduction to Inter-Gender Dialogue; From: Handbook of Research on the Impact of Culture in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
Chapter 4
Framing Femicide: An Analysis of Online Media Reporting on Romanian Immigrant Women Killed in Germany
Any acts and threats of violence, coercion, and manipulation, inflicted in private or in public, that sexually, physically, mentally or economically harm the victim, which primarily are female. It can take many forms such as intimate partner violence, sexual violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation and so-called ‘honour crimes’.
Published in Chapter: Framing Femicide: An Analysis of Online Media Reporting on Romanian Immigrant Women Killed in Germany; From: Handbook of Research on Digital Violence and Discrimination Studies
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
Chapter 7
Women Leaders in Environmental Management and the Role of Media in the EMEA Region
Women are often subjected to violence and harassment when they try to speak out on environmental issues.
Published in Chapter: Women Leaders in Environmental Management and the Role of Media in the EMEA Region; From: Opportunities and Challenges for Women Leaders in Environmental Management
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
Chapter 3
Identifiable Challenges as Global Complexities: Globalization, Gender Violence, and Statelessness
It involves men and women, in which the female is usually the target, and is derived from unequal power relationships between men and women. Violence is directed specifically against a woman because she is a woman or affects women disproportionately. It includes, but is not limited to, physical, sexual, and psychological harm. The most pervasive form of gender-based violence is abuse of a woman by intimate male partners.
Published in Chapter: Identifiable Challenges as Global Complexities: Globalization, Gender Violence, and Statelessness; From: Globalization and Its Impact on Violence Against Vulnerable Groups
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
Chapter 12
The Role of Governance in Providing Services for Egyptian Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Is a phenomenon deeply rooted in gender inequality and continues to be one of the most notable human rights violations within all societies. Gender-based violence is violence directed against a person because of their gender. Both women and men experience gender-based violence but the majority of victims are women and girls.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Governance in Providing Services for Egyptian Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic; From: Societal Resilience and Response to Contagious Diseases and Pandemics
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
Chapter 11
Crossing Borders: Challenges of Refugee Women
Related with gender inequality and violence directed against an individual because of gender.
Published in Chapter: Crossing Borders: Challenges of Refugee Women; From: Immigrant Women’s Voices and Integrating Feminism Into Migration Theory
Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart
eContent Pro Discount Banner
InfoSci OnDemandECP Editorial ServicesAGOSR