Most Common Types of SGBV
- Sexual Violence
- Sexual violence is any attempt or threat to force someone into undesired sexual activity without their consent, including exploitation, sexual harassment, intimidation, and more.
- Verbal Violence
- Verbal violence is any act of verbal discrimination, including name-calling, teasing, threatening, undermining, criticizing, and more.
- Physical Violence
- Physical violence is any attempt or threat to cause physical harm to another person, including physical assault, battery, trafficking, destroying property, throwing objects, and more.
- Psychological and Emotional Violence
- Psychological and emotional violence are any acts that causes harm to a person's psychological and emotion well-being, including abuse, humiliation, insults, cruelty, degrading treatment, manipulation, and more.
Common Causes of SGBV
- Gender inequality
- Gender discrimination
- Harmful gender norms and stereotypes
- Limited understanding of sexual and gender-based violence
- Uncertainty or hesitation (of whether or not it is occurring)
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