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Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence (GBV) [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 ...
Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of newborn female children. Female infanticide is prevalent in several nations around the world. It has been argued that the low status in which women are viewed in patriarchal societies creates a bias against females. [1]
Gender-based violence refers to any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification, culture may have a role to play, being lower in egalitarianism societies and higher in patriarchal, misogynistic societies.
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women considers the criminalization of abortion a "violations of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights" and a form of "gender-based violence"; paragraph 18 of its General recommendation No. 35 on gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19 ...
It can be performed at or after week 12 of pregnancy. At this point, 3 ⁄ 4 of fetal sexes can be correctly determined, according to a 2001 study. [56] Accuracy for males is approximately 50% and for females almost 100%. When performed after week 13 of pregnancy, ultrasonography gives an accurate result in almost 100% of cases. [56]
Support for contraception is based on views such as reproductive rights, women's rights, and the necessity to prevent child abandonment and child poverty. [43] [44] The World Health Organization states that "By preventing unintended pregnancy, family planning /contraception prevents deaths of mothers and children". [43]
Pregnancy-promoting behavior of abusive male partners is one method of domestic violence and is associated with unwanted pregnancy, particularly in adolescents. [7] Reproductive coercion itself is a form of domestic violence because it results from unwanted sexual activity and hinders a woman's ability to control her body.
Research has stressed the importance of encouraging nurturing, with better and more gender balanced parenting, to prevent sexual violence. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] At the same time, Schwartz [ 9 ] has developed a prevention model that adopts a developmental approach, with interventions before birth, during childhood and in adolescence and young adulthood.