Violence Against Women

Violence against women is defined as any type of abuse perpetrated against a women, typically because of her gender. This includes date rape, domestic violence and other issues. It goes beyond the United States because it’s found in all areas of the world. The rise of online dating has only helped the violence grow as women let down their guard around men. The following resources provide a deeper understanding into the subject.

1. What Is Gender-Based Violence?

• Gender Based Violence Programs : explains the topic and groups trying to stop it.
• Gender Based Violence : describes violence against women and sexual violence.
• Violence Against Women : discusses the types of violence and the abuse itself.
• United States Department of Justice : focuses on offering help and support to victims of gender based violence in the U.S.

2. Intimate Partner Abuse

• Domestic Abuse : examines domestic abuse as a form of partner abuse.
• Domestic Violence and Abuse : offers signs of intimate partner abuse.
• Intimate Partner Abuse : provides a look at what the term means and how it’s exhibited.
• Relationship Interrupted : examines clinical findings into partner abuse.

3. Sexual Coercion

• Sexual Coercion : looks at the idea of sexual coercion and what it means.
• Tactics of Sexual Coercion : describes how people go about coercing someone in a sexual manner.
• Sexual Issues : gives an exact definition of sexual coercion.
• Men’s Reactions to Female Sexual Coercion : focuses on how men react to the topic.

4. Impact on Reproductive Health

• Violence and Reproductive Health : examines how violence impacts reproductive health.
• The Facts on Reproductive Health and Violence Against Women : offers facts relating to how violence affects health.
• Reproductive Health & Violence : looks at the problems caused by violence.
• Dating Violence Harms Young Women’s Reproductive Health : focuses on how violence against young women damages their health.

5. Threats to Health and Development

• Amnesty International : examines how violence against women in a threat.
• Violence Against Women : discusses what happens to women who were battered or abused.
• Women in Development : focuses on the threat of violence in terms of female development.

6. Health Providers Play a Key Role

• Doctors to Detect Domestic Violence : looks at the ways doctors look for signs of abuse.
• Guidelines for Physicians on the Abuse of Women : shows the signs that doctors look for when investigating violence and abuse.
• Domestic Violence : offers the findings done by doctors working in Britain in terms of abuse and violence.

7. An Agenda for Change

• Violence Against Women and the International Response : discusses issues relating to changing things such as the awareness day.
• Preventing Violence Against Women : offers ways groups try to prevent and stop the violence.
• WHO Urges Governments to Take Action to Reduce Violence Against Women : mentions initiatives taken to get governments around the world involved in the process.

Violence against women is a serious issuing facing millions of women. The violence and type of violence varies depending on the area, but all women are subject to violence and abuse. Learning more is only one step in preventing this problem.