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Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence [1] [2] and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), [3] is violent acts primarily committed by men or boys against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, [4] committed against persons specifically because they are of the female gender, and can ...
In November 2021, Iamhere international, a group focused on increasing counter-speech on social media, started a 16-day campaign all forms of gender-based violence, particularly cyber violence. [19] [20] Artists worldwide have addressed violence against women, highlighting the unique manifestations of violence across cultural and political ...
Every year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign either introduces a new theme, or continues an old theme. The theme focuses on one particular area of gender inequality and works to bring attention to these issues and make changes that will have an impact.
The scope of this category includes sexual violence against women, sexual and gender-based violence against women in conflict situations, domestic violence against women (including honor killings), and violence against trans women. Organizations, literature, events, books, etc for which the topic of gender-based violence against women is ...
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls.It was established in November 1991 by a group of men in Toronto, Ontario, as a response to the École Polytechnique massacre of female students by Marc Lépine in 1989.
For the purposes of this Declaration, the term "violence against women" means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
The demonstration was inspired by South Korea’s “4B” movement against gender-based violence where some women in that country have vowed to follow the four “no’s” — no sex, no dating ...
Violence against women (VAW) is a technical term used to collectively refer to violent acts that are primarily or exclusively committed against women. [vii] This type of violence is gender-based, meaning that the acts of violence are committed against women expressly because they are women, or as a result of patriarchal gender constructs.