Definition(s)
Different types and forms of harm and human right violations which are gender-specific but which do not necessarily constitute persecution because of gender .
Source(s)
Crawley, Heaven: Gender-Related Persecution and Women’s Claims to Asylum
Translations
- BG: Насилие свързано с полова принадлежност
- CS: násilí na základě genderové příslušnosti
- DE: geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt
- EL: έμφυλη βία
- EN: gender-specific violence
- ES: Violencia de género
- ET: soopõhine vägivald
- FI: sukupuolistunut väkivalta / sukupuoliperusteinen väkivalta
- FR: violence liée au genre
- GA: foréigean dírithe ar inscne
- HU: nemhez kötődő erőszak
- IT: violenza di genere
- LT: smurtas lyties pagrindu
- LV: dzimumspecifiska vardarbība
- MT: vjolenza speċifika għall-ġeneru
- NL: gendergerelateerd geweld
- PL: przemoc uwarunkowana płcią
- PT: violência específica de género
- SK: rodovo podmienené násilie / rodovo motivované násilie
- SL: specifično spolno preganjanje
- SV: könsspecifikt våld
- NO: kjønnsbasert vold (b); kjønnsbasert vald (n)
Synonym(s)
- GBV
- gender-based violence
- gender-specific harm
Broader Term(s)
Related Term(s)
Note(s)
1. Such forms of harm are more frequently used against women or affect women in a manner which is different to men and include, for example, sexual violence, rape, female genital mutilation , domestic abuse, forced abortion and sterilisation and denial of access to contraception.
2. The Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive) recognises that gender-specific acts may amount to persecution.
3. Gender-specific violence is understood as a narrower term to gender-based persecution.