Eliminating Gender-based Violence
Governance and Survivor/Victim-centred Approaches
Gender-based violence affects many aspects of survivors' and victims' lives, including access to education, employment, housing, health care, legal support, and physical and mental health services. While many governments have enacted policies and programmes to eradicate gender-based violence and address its intersectional impacts, strategic planning, policy co-ordination, and long-term investment in services has often been uneven. This publication explores how countries can strengthen public governance systems, respond to the needs and experiences of survivors/victims, and improve access to justice and accountability to effectively address gender-based violence.
Foreword
Gender-based violence (GBV) exists in all countries and across all socio-economic groups, affecting one‑third of women worldwide. What is more, contrary to common assumptions perpetrators are both intimate and non-intimate partners. Worldwide, almost one third (27%) of women aged 15-49 years who have been in a relationship report that they have been subjected to some form of physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner. Moreover, globally 6% of women report they have been subjected to sexual violence from someone other than their husband or partner. However, this figure is likely to be much higher, considering the particular stigmas related to this type of violence.
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