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
- RO: violență de gen
- SK: rodovo podmienené násilie / rodovo motivované násilie
- SL: nasilje na podlagi spola
- SV: könsspecifikt våld
- NO: kjønnsbasert vold (b); kjønnsbasert vald (n)
- KA: კონკრეტულ გენდერთან დაკავშირებული ძალადობა
- UK: гендерно обумовлене насильство
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.