gender-based violence prevention

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Dictionary meaning

the range of programmes, policies, legal measures, and social change initiatives aimed at eliminating violence directed at individuals on the basis of their gender — a category that disproportionately affects women and girls but also includes violence targeting LGBTQ+ individuals and gender non-conforming people; gender-based violence (GBV) encompasses intimate partner violence, sexual assault, femicide, trafficking, child marriage, and harmful traditional practices; prevention approaches include school-based programmes changing gender norms and attitudes among young people, community mobilisation, economic empowerment of women, legal reform, training of health and justice sector professionals, and engagement of men and boys as allies; the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) established GBV prevention as a matter of international obligation