Gender-based Violence is an umbrella term that encompasses a spectrum of abuse including: Physical, sexual and psychological abuse, including domestic abuse and rape, sexual harassment and intimidation, commercial sexual exploitation, including prostitution, pornography and trafficking and harmful cultural practices, including 'honour' based violence, forced marriage, female genital mutilation.
The Scottish Government's definition of Gender-Based Violence states that:
"Gender-Based Violence is a function of gender inequality and an abuse of male power and privilege. It takes the form of actions that result in physical, sexual and psychological harm or suffering to women and children, or affront their human dignity, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life. It is men who predominantly carry out such violence and women who are predominantly the victims of such violence'.
For more information, please visit: South Lanarkshire’s Partnership on Gender-Based Violence
