Do you know what the 9 types of gender violence are?
It is important to realize that gender-based violence can take many different forms, and recognizing these types is crucial to being able to combat this serious problem and provide support to victims. Here is a brief overview of the different types of gender-based violence:
- Physical violence: This type of violence involves the use of physical force to injure or threaten to injure a person. This may include hitting, choking, throwing objects or any other behavior that causes physical harm.
- Socioeconomic violence: This type of violence involves controlling or restricting access to economic or financial resources. This can include financial isolation, forcing a person to give up their job or personal assets, and other forms of financial abuse.
- Harassment and Sexual Harassment: Harassment consists of unpleasant or offensive behavior that creates a hostile or intimidating environment for a person. Sexual harassment involves unwanted behaviors of a sexual nature, such as persistent and unwanted sexual comments or advances.
- Verbal violence and offensive language: This type of violence involves using abusive or offensive language to humiliate or control a person. This can include insults, threats and constant denigration.
- Psychological Violence: Psychological violence involves the emotional or psychological manipulation of a person to control or intimidate them. This can include threats of violence, social isolation and excessive control.
- Female genital mutilation and child marriage: These practices are still prevalent in some parts of the world. Female genital mutilation involves cutting or altering the genitals of women, while child marriage involves marrying off children under the legal age, depriving them of childhood and education.
- Trafficking in persons: This is a serious phenomenon involving the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or reception of persons for the purpose of exploitation. Victims of human trafficking are often subjected to severe forms of violence, including sexual exploitation and forced labor.
- Domestic or intimate violence: This type of violence occurs within family or intimate relationships and may include physical, verbal, psychological or sexual abuse. It is often a cycle of violence perpetuated within a relationship.
- Sexual violence: This involves the use of force, coercion or threat to obtain sexual contact without a person’s consent. This can include rape and sexual assault.
It is essential that we recognize these types of gender-based violence and work together to prevent, combat and provide support to victims. Education, awareness and promotion of gender equality are important tools in this ongoing struggle for a safer and more equitable future for all people, regardless of gender or gender identity. The “SAFE HUT – Creating safe spaces for the empowerment of women and girls” project, carried out by AIDRom and its partners in the project, CESIE (Italy, coordinator), Centro Penc. Antropologia e Psicologia Geoclinica (Italy), International Rescue Committee Irc (Germany), Kentro Merimnas Oikogeneias Kai Paidiou (Greece), Kovos Su Prekyba Zmonemis Ir Isnaudojimu Centras Vsi (Lithuania), Animus Association Foundation AAF (Bulgaria), facilitates the access of women and girls victims of human trafficking to knowledge, skills, and information, as well as the provision of psychosocial support while strengthening their opportunities for professional insertion. At the same time, #SAFEHUT contributes to facilitating the social and professional integration of women and girls from third countries who are in vulnerable situations, including survivors of violence and human trafficking.
The “SAFE HUT – Creating safe spaces for the empowerment of women and girls” project (number: 101100732) is “funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are, however, solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.”
Source of information: European Council website, Ending violence against women – Consilium (europa.eu).
