What is Sexual and Gender-Based Violence?
Sexual violence, gender-based violence and violence against women
are terms that are commonly used interchangeably. All these terms
refer to violations of fundamental human rights that perpetuate
sex-stereotyped roles that deny human dignity and the
self-determination of the individual and hamper human development.
They refer to physical, sexual and psychological harm that reinforces
female subordination and perpetuates male power and control.