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Gender-based violence

Gender-based violence

Gender-based violence

Introductory part

What is Gender-based violence?

Gender-based violence (GBV) is an umbrella term for any harmful act that is committed against a person's will and is based on socially ascribed (ie gendered) differences between men and women, GBV can also be defined as violence directed against a person because of that person's gender or violence that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately. It includes acts that cause physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering, threats of such actions, coercion and other deprivation of liberty.

Gender-based violence (GBV) affects people everywhere. Women and girls are particularly vulnerable to GBV, because cultural norms and attitudes towards gender equality disadvantage women around the world. Gender-based violence is particularly prevalent when women and girls migrate.

Being a boy or a girl makes a child vulnerable to certain forms of violence

Violence is learned through interaction into social norms and expectations of masculinity and femininity, gender and sexuality, male entitlement.

Boys

  • More likely to endure harsh physical punishment in the family and schools; peer violence perpetrated by other boys.
  • They are at higher risk of committing violence than girls.

Girls

  • They are at greater risk than boys for infanticide, sexual abuse, educational and nutritional neglect, forced prostitution and genital mutilation
  • They are at risk because they have the least power, status and control over their own bodies and over family and community resources
  • They have a relative position of powerlessness in relation to adults, but also in relation to men, including male children.

It is Gender-based Violence IF, 

  • It is based on gender relations, roles, norms, expectations, limitations, etc.
  • Involves the abuse of power.
  • Involves some type of force, including threats and coercion, and results in injury.
  • Characterized by lack of informed consent.
  • Violates a number of universal human rights protected by international instruments and conventions.

Galina Lesco, Obstetrician gynaecologist, Head of YFHC NEOVITA, Founder and coordinator of the Health for Youth Association.

Dorina Lesco, Obstetrician gynaecologist, YFHC NEOVITA; resident doctor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUMPh "Nicolae Testemitanu"

Useful definitions

Forms of Gender-based violence

How can I act to prevent or protect myself in the event of a sexual violence situation?

How can I help someone suffering from various forms of violence, even if I am not a specialist in the field?

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