Gender-based violence

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a spectrum of violence and abuse which can be psychological, physical, emotional and/or sexual. These can take place in physical and/or digital spaces.  GBV is overwhelmingly, but not exclusively, carried out by men against women and while it predominantly affects women and girls, it impacts everyone.

Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Coercive control
• Commercial sexual exploitation 
• Domestic abuse
• Financial control
• Murder
• Rape and sexual assault
• So-called ‘honour-based’ abuse - such as female genital mutilation and forced marriage
• Stalking and harassment