What is Gender-based Violence

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Continuum of violent behaviors (rape, sexual or physical assault, sexual harassment, emotional abuse etc.) towards a person based on her or his gender. Learn more in: Invisible Barriers, Undeclared Wars: Subtle Resistances to Women's Leadership in Academia

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Violence committed on an individual based on his or her sex or gender identity, usually women or transgender or other sexual minorities. Learn more in: Gender-Based Violence and Legal Frameworks

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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. Learn more in: Towards Nonviolent Gender Relations in Africa: An Introduction to Inter-Gender Dialogue

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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’. Learn more in: Framing Femicide: An Analysis of Online Media Reporting on Romanian Immigrant Women Killed in Germany

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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. Learn more in: Identifiable Challenges as Global Complexities: Globalization, Gender Violence, and Statelessness

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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. Learn more in: The Role of Governance in Providing Services for Egyptian Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Related with gender inequality and violence directed against an individual because of gender. Learn more in: Crossing Borders: Challenges of Refugee Women