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Violence against Women: A literature
review commissioned by the National Group to Address
Violence Against Women
Definition
"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 private life. Accordingly,
violence against women encompasses but is not limited
to the following:
- Physical, sexual and psychological violence
occurring in the family, including battering, sexual
abuse of female children in the household,
dowry-related violence, marital rape, female genital
mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to
women, non-spousal violence and violence related to
exploitation;
- Physical, sexual and psychological violence
occurring within the general community, including rape,
sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at
work, in educational institutions and elsewhere,
trafficking in women and forced prostitution;
- Physical, sexual and psychological violence
perpetrated or condoned by the State, wherever it
occurs."
UN Declaration on Violence Against Women,
1992
CEDAW, Recommendation No 19, 1993
Beijing Platform for Action 1995
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