Publication Date: 2023/10/31
Abstract: By addressing the underlying causes and motivators of violence against women and girls and by offering reflections on gender and gender-based violence, primary preventive activities for gender-based violence (GBV) aim to encourage change. Social norms of acceptable behavior are influenced by the environment and culture. Harmful social norms that foster GBV include men's right to reprimand women and children and women's sexual purity as well as the importance of family honor over women's safety. One of the most pervasive types of human rights abuse and a violation of human dignity worldwide is gender-based violence. No of their social level, cultural or religious background, civil status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, millions of women, men, and children experience gender- based violence every year throughout all Council of Europe member states. The fundamental human rights principles upon which the Council of Europe is built and to which its member states have committed themselves are undercut by gender-based violence. The phrase "violence against women" refers to a wide range of wrongdoings committed against women and girls throughout their lives. Violence against women is defined as "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" by the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The term "gender based" is used to underline that violence is rooted in inequalities between women and men. This statement defines violence as acts that cause or have the capacity to inflict harm.
Keywords: Gender Violence; Violence Against Women and Girl; "Gender Ideology"; Gender Identity; Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV); Sexual and Reproductive Rights; Sexual Orientation; Structural Violence; Survivor/Victim; Hate Crime Equality, Human Rights.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10057951
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT23APR352.pdf
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