Gender-Based Violence

Objectives:
 To educate the Grade 12 students about Gender-based violence.
 To identify the forms of gender-based violence, root causes, contributing factors and
consequences of gender-based violence.
 To explain the difference between Gender-based violence and other types of violence.
 To raise awareness to Grade 12 students about Gender-based violence.
 To discuss the violence against girls in School.

Topic
“Gender Based-Violence”
Definition
-Gender-based violence is a phenomenon deeply rooted in gender inequality, and continues to be
one of the most notable human rights violations within all societies. Gender-based violence is
violence directed against a person because of their gender. Both women and men experience
gender-based violence but the majority of victims are women and girls.
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-Gender-based violence (GBV) is violence that is directed at an individual based on his or her
biological sex OR gender identity. It includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and
psychological abuse, threats, coercion, and economic or educational deprivation, whether
occurring in public or private life.( https://www.womenforwomen.org/blogs/series-what-does-
mean-gender-based-violence_)

Gender-based violence is all of the violence that happens because of gender stereotypes. • The
violence that women and girls experience because they are considered “weak” or “less than” and
to keep them out of power. • The violence the men and boys experience as a way to make them
“tougher” or more “masculine”. • The violence that people who are LGBTQ experience for not
fitting our society’s expectations about sexuality and gender expression. Gender-based violence
happens because of cultural norms and values. Dating/domestic violence and sexual violence are
examples of gender-based violence. Every year, WISE supports an average of 1,300 unique
individuals from our Upper Valley community who have been impacted by gender-based
violence. WISE’s prevention and education program works with the community to end gender-
based violence.
Overview of types of gender-based violence
Sexual violence
-Includes actual, attempted or threatened (vaginal, anal or oral) rape, including
marital rape; sexual abuse and exploitation; forced prostitution;
transactional/survival sex; and sexual harassment, intimidation and humiliation.
Physical violence
-Includes actual, attempted or threatened physical assault or battery; slavery
and slave-like practices; and trafficking.
Emotional and psychological violence
-Includes abuse and humiliation, such as insults; cruel and degrading
treatment; compelling a person to engage in humiliating acts; and placing
restrictions on liberty and freedom of movement
Harmful traditional practices
-Include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C); forced marriage; child marriage; honour or
dowry killings or maiming; infanticide, sex-selective abortion practices; sex-selective neglect
and abuse; and denial of education and economic opportunities for women and girls.
Socio-economic violence
-Includes discrimination and denial of opportunities or services on the basis of sex, gender, or
sexual orientation; social exclusion; obstructive legal practices, such as denial of the exercise and
enjoyment of civil, social, economic, cultural and political rights, mainly to women and girls.

Quiz: TRUE or False

Answers:
GBV is about rape and sexual violence (False): Answer: There are different types of GBV and
we will look at different types.
GBV can be perpetrated against boys and men too (true): Answer: GBV can be perpetrated
against boys and men. But vast majority of survivors are women and girls due to gender-
inequality and power imbalance between male and female.

Culture needs to be always respected even if it is harmful for girls and women (false): Answer:
Harmful traditional practice such as child marriage causes negative impact to the survivor,
family and community. These harmful traditional practices need to be addressed even if it is a
part of the culture of the society.

GBV includes domestic violence(true): Answer: Most common forms of violence is domestic
violence perpetrated by an intimate partner.

Domestic violence is the result of poverty and lack of education (false): Answer: not all family
who are poor and have little education background commit domestic violence. Domestic
violence happens because of the gender inequality and power imbalance between male and
female.

If a young woman wears an inappropriate dress that provoke men sexually, it’s her fault to be
raped (false): It is ALWAYS fault of perpetrators and never survivor’s fault under any
circumstances. It is very common to blame survivors. It is important to emphasize that survivor
has not fault. Alternative question could be “It is always husband’s fault if he beats her wife”.
(true) 

Consequences of GBV are always same for all survivors. (false) Answer: the consequences of
GBV is different depending of the type of violence perpetrated, the age, capacity and protection
mechanism of the survivor. The individual support a survivor’s needs could also be different. Is
the survivor is an adult they know the best what services they will need once they know all the
available services.