Sage-Tips

How can we protect and support victims of gender based violence?

How you can help victims of abuse:

1. believe the person.
2. listen with compassion and do not judge.
3. offer practical support, such as accompanying the person to the police station.
4. Share the gender-based violence number, 0800 428 428, so that they can call to get help.

What are three contributing factors that led to gender-based violence?

3 causes of gender based violence

• Harmful Gender Norms. Gender stereotypes and are often used to justify violence against women.
• Hunger. Just as empowering women can help eliminate hunger, food scarcity also leads to increased gender-based violence.
• War and conflict.

What one recommendation can you make on gender-based violence to the community leaders?

Three Things You Can Do About Gender-Based Violence

• Educate yourself and others about GBV. The first line of prevention is education.
• Use your voice on social media to bring awareness to GBV. Using social media can help you connect to others outside your normal social circles.
• Sponsor a woman survivor of conflict and war.

What are the 5 causes of gender based violence?

Other cultural factors include gender stereotypes and prejudice, normative expectations of femininity and masculinity, the socialization of gender, an understanding of the family sphere as private and under male authority, and a general acceptance of violence as part of the public sphere (e.g. street sexual harassment …

What is the examples of gender-based violence in community?

Gender-based violence can be in the form of: Female genital mutilation. Honour killings. Trafficking for sex or slavery. Intimate partner violence.

What are the three consequences of gender based violence?

The consequences for victims include undermined confidence, physical disabilities, stigma and shame. Sexual violence also puts women at increased risk of HIV/AIDS.

What are 3 contributing factors that lead to gender based violence?

What are three ways in which women and children can be protected?

What are three ways in which women and children can be protected from discrimination and violence? Economic independence for women. In cultures where women cannot own property and have few of the rights required to survive independently, women are forced to remain under the headship of violent men who rule their household.

How can we prevent human rights violations against women?

Create laws and enforce existing laws that protect women from discrimination and violence, including rape, beatings, verbal abuse, mutilation, torture, “honor” killings and trafficking. Educate community members on their responsibilities under international and national human rights laws.

How can communities stop violence against women and achieve gender equality?

Below, Kajeneza shares eight ways communities can stop violence against women and achieve gender equality: Create laws and enforce existing laws that protect women from discrimination and violence, including rape, beatings, verbal abuse, mutilation, torture, “honor” killings and trafficking.

How can I avoid violence and discrimination?

Be strong and calm, and carry yourself in a way that shows you are not afraid. If you look timid, you are more likely to be attacked. These same strategies to avoid violence work for avoiding discrimination. Strong, informed people make for troublesome victims, in any circumstance.