Gender Based Violence

Abstract

Gender-based Violence (GBV), sometimes referred to as physical and Sexual Violence (SGBV), is any dangerous act of sexual, physical, psychological, mental  and emotional abuse committed against a person and based on socially discriminatory (i.e. gender) differences between men and women. As international reports suggest 1 in 3 women globally may experience physical or sexual abuse in their lifetime. Men and boys are also targeted sometimes in displaced or refugee females living in humanitarian crisis and armed conflict have also experienced sexual violence. The differences between man and woman have certainly taken the form of the beast that now devours the ranks of women in society. There would be no women in India if we do nothing now. The natural sex ratio is estimated to be between 103 males and 107 per 100 females, and any of the above numbers are considered to promote female fetal fertilization. In India, the cause of female feticide is a strong belief that women have a lower social value than men. Lack of education among women, inadequate women's leadership, and negative perceptions of women as "economic burdens" contribute to this perception.