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- Intimate partner violence. We know about domestic violence, which can be perpetrated by any family member and often targets women and girls. Intimate partner violence is linked to domestic abuse, and is even more prevalent for women.
- Sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance, verbal or physical, that leaves its target feeling offended, shamed, or embarrassed after the encounter.
- Sexual violence and assault. The UN defines sexual violence as “any sexual act committed against the will of another person, either when this person does not give consent or when consent cannot be given because the person is a child, has a mental disability, or is severely intoxicated or unconscious as a result of alcohol or drugs.”
- Psychological and emotional abuse. Not all abuse is physical. Verbal abuse, threats of harm, manipulation and mind games, and isolating a woman or girl from family, friends, school, or work are all forms of psychological and emotional abuse.
Sep 27, 2024 · Warning: contains content related to sexual and physical assault, and homicide. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is not a series of isolated events—it is a global epidemic, perpetuated by the silence of society, the complicity of institutions, and the unchecked behaviours of men in power.
Acts of violence against women and girls are interconnected and part of a spectrum of violence that is underpinned by inequality, male power and control. Each act reinforces that VAWG is a ‘normal’ experience that is tolerated in society.
- Women’s ‘Safekeeping’ Strategies
- A Sense of Control
- Prevention Or Avoidance?
Walk with your keys between your knuckles; text a friend when you arrive home safely; don’t drink too much; keep an eye on your drinks; be aware of your surroundings; don’t have headphones in; there’s safety in numbers; don’t go out after dark; don’t dress too “provocatively"… As decades of feminist researchhas documented, women, for the most part,...
So, why do women use these routines, and why is this type of “advice” trotted out in the aftermath of such incidents? One potential answer lies in the fact that using these strategies often fosters a sense of (mostly) false control over our worlds. This is referred to as a “belief in a just world”– that if we do all of the “right” things, bad thing...
Even if some women are able to effectively harness “safety” strategies in some situations, this is not effective as a prevention tool. At best, it could be thought of as victimisation avoidance. Teaching women to enact safety strategies relies on the inevitable possibility that there is a willing perpetrator out there whom we need to avoid. While s...
Jun 30, 2022 · According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), between April 2020 and March 2021, 177 women were murdered in England and Wales, compared to 416 men.
Jun 30, 2022 · According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), external, between April 2020 and March 2021, 177 women were murdered in England and Wales, compared to 416 men.
Gender-based violence is defined as violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately. It includes acts that inflict physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other deprivations of liberty.
