Theme of the Month - Gender-Based Violence

What is Gender-Based Violence?

Gender-based violence affects girls and women, particularly through specific forms of violence such as child marriage, intimate partner violence, female genital mutilation, ‘honour’ killings or trafficking.

Gender-Based Violence can be in the form of:

  • Child marriage

  • Female genital mutilation

  • Honour killings

  • Intimate partner violence

  • Trafficking for sex or slavery

  • Physical punishment

  • Sexual, emotional or psychological violence

Gender-Based Violence Facts

  • Half of all sexual assaults are committed against girls younger than 16 years of age.

  • There are an estimated 5,000 ‘honour’ killings each year.

  • Two women are killed by their partner every week in England and Wales. Of all female homicides, 40% are killed by gendered violence.

  • The UK Police receive a call every minute about domestic abuse, 89% of which are about a woman being abused by a man.

  • Only 24% cases of domestic violence are actually reported.

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