Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women (pronunciation: /ˈvaɪələns əˈɡenst ˈwɪmən/) is a pervasive and complex issue that encompasses a range of harmful behaviors directed at women because of their gender.
Etymology
The term "Violence Against Women" is self-explanatory, with "violence" deriving from the Latin violentia, meaning "vehemence, impetuosity". "Against" and "women" are from the Old English onġēan meaning "towards, opposite to", and wīfmann meaning "female human", respectively.
Definition
Violence Against Women is defined by the United Nations as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."
Types of Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women can take many forms, including but not limited to:
- Domestic Violence: This involves acts of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse by an intimate partner.
- Sexual Violence: This includes rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
- Human Trafficking: This involves the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of women for the purpose of exploitation.
- Female Genital Mutilation: This is a harmful cultural practice that involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia.
Related Terms
- Gender-Based Violence: This is an umbrella term for any harm that is perpetrated against a person’s will and that results from power inequalities based on gender roles.
- Feminicide: This is the gender-based killing of women because they are women.
- Misogyny: This is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Violence Against Women
- Wikipedia's article - Violence Against Women
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