Gender-Based

Violence
By

Reverien Rutayisire

(216349613)

Alphonsine Souvenir
Pascal Terigiti

(216349451)

(216356318)

Yvette Tuyishime

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Guillaume Rugira

(216349990)

Outline
Definitions
Why GBV is a problem of public health
GBV in the world
GBV in Rwanda

What is gender-based violence?

'Gender-based violence' and 'violence against women'
are terms that are often used interchangeably as most
gender-based violence is inflicted by men on women
and girls. However, it is important to retain the 'genderbased' aspect of the concept as this highlights the fact
that violence against women is an expression of power
inequalities between women and men. The terms are
used interchangeably throughout this website and
EIGE's work, as it is always understood that genderbased violence means violence against women and vice
versa.

 Gender based violence includes physical, sexual,

psychological, and economic violence

References
Sanjel, S., 2013. Gender-based violence: a crucial
challenge for public health. Kathmandu University Medical
Journal (KUMJ), 11(42), pp.17984.
http://
eige.europa.eu/gender-based-violence/what-gender-basedviolence/forms-gender-based-violence
Bloom, S. L. (2008). Domestic violence [online]. Encyclopedia of
Gender and Society. SAGE. Available from: [Accessed: 5 May
2011].

Gender-based violence
Outlines

Definitions
1.Gender
According to WHO (2011), the term gender
refers
to
the
socially
constructed
characteristics of women and men such as
norms, roles and relationships of and
between groups of women and men. It varies
from society to society and can be changed.

Definitions (2)
2. Gender-based violence (GBV)
Bloom (2008) defined Gender-based violence
(GBV) as a general term used to capture
violence that occurs as a result of the
normative role expectations associated with
each gender, along with the unequal power
relationships between the two genders, within
the context of a specific society.

Definitions(3)
3. Violence Against Women (VAW)
This is any act of gender-based violence that
results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or
mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of
such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty,
whether occurring in public or in private life (UN, 2010).
Violence against Women and Girls (VAW/G) constitutes
a part of Gender-Based Violence.

Definitions(4)
Men and boys can also be victims of GBV.
Example
Homosexuality in many communities is
considered an aberration from the
expectations of how men should behave.

References
http://eige.europa.eu/gender-based-violence/what-gend
er-based-violence/forms-gender-based-violence