UN Women: Violence Towards Women and Girls

Psychological Harassment, Sexual Coercion, Disregard for Consent, and Domestic Violence Are Common Place Around the World, Regardless of Social Class

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Source: UN Women

The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993, defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”