Gender Violence
Gender violence:
Gender is the social difference between male and female. It is socially and psychologically constructed. It created by society and varies by culture and community.
Violence is a product of social, cultural, religion and traditional values which perpetuate society and restrict female empowerment. Violence against women refers to any private or public act that is likely to cause them physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering.
Gender violence includes rape, sexual assault, relationship violence in heterosexual and same sex partnerships, sexual harassment, stalking, prostitution and sex trafficking. The term "gender violence" reflects the idea that violence often serves to maintain structural gender inequalities, and includes all types of violence against women, children and adolescents, and lesbian and gay people. This type of violence in some way influences or is influenced by gender relations. To adequately address this violence, we have to address cultural issues that encourage violence as part of masculinity. * Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused by a man in her lifetime. More than 20 % of women are reported to have been abused by men with whom they live. * Approximately 60 million women, mostly in Asia, are “missing” – killed by infanticide, selective abortion, deliberate under-nutrition or lack of access to health care. * Among women aged 15-44 years, gender-based violence accounts for more death and disability than the combined effects of cancer, malaria, traffic-related injuries and war. * Trafficking in women and girls for sexual exploitation by men is most common among poor women and girls. * Each year, 2 million girls between ages 5 and 15 are introduced into the commercial sex industry. * Women who are victims of domestic violence are 12 times more likely to attempt suicide than those who do not experience such violence. * In
Gender is the social difference between male and female. It is socially and psychologically constructed. It created by society and varies by culture and community.
Violence is a product of social, cultural, religion and traditional values which perpetuate society and restrict female empowerment. Violence against women refers to any private or public act that is likely to cause them physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering.
Gender violence includes rape, sexual assault, relationship violence in heterosexual and same sex partnerships, sexual harassment, stalking, prostitution and sex trafficking. The term "gender violence" reflects the idea that violence often serves to maintain structural gender inequalities, and includes all types of violence against women, children and adolescents, and lesbian and gay people. This type of violence in some way influences or is influenced by gender relations. To adequately address this violence, we have to address cultural issues that encourage violence as part of masculinity. * Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused by a man in her lifetime. More than 20 % of women are reported to have been abused by men with whom they live. * Approximately 60 million women, mostly in Asia, are “missing” – killed by infanticide, selective abortion, deliberate under-nutrition or lack of access to health care. * Among women aged 15-44 years, gender-based violence accounts for more death and disability than the combined effects of cancer, malaria, traffic-related injuries and war. * Trafficking in women and girls for sexual exploitation by men is most common among poor women and girls. * Each year, 2 million girls between ages 5 and 15 are introduced into the commercial sex industry. * Women who are victims of domestic violence are 12 times more likely to attempt suicide than those who do not experience such violence. * In