Gender-Based Violence Law and Legal Definition
Gender-based violence means violence that targets individuals or groups of individuals on the basis of their gender. It includes violence committed against women and which is particular to women, such as rape, sexual assault, female circumcision, dowry burning, torture, mutilation, sexual slavery, forced impregnation and murder. It also includes violence that is committed against women for failure to conform to restrictive social norms. The Vienna Declaration has recognized gender-based violence as a human rights concern.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
- Child Witnesses to Domestic Violence
- Children and Youth Exposed to Violence Grant Program [Department of Justice]
- Crime of Violence
- Dating Violence
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Advocate
- Domestic Violence Agency
- Domestic Violence Call
- Domestic Violence in Later Life
