#7 - “WHAT IS GENDER VIOLENCE”

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Gender violence is violence directed at a person because of their biological sex OR gender identity. It can happen to both women and men, but women and girls are the vast majority of victims. That is why the expression is commonly used interchangeably with violence against women. If, on the one hand, the victims are mostly women and girls, on the other hand, the aggressors/offenders are mostly men. Gender violence takes place in private, public and virtual spaces, ranging from the famous “fiu-fiu” to aggression and femicide. In short, it is any action or conduct based on gender, which causes death, harm, or physical, sexual, psychological, moral or patrimonial suffering to a woman. The root of the problem lies in the social construction of gender norms and in the unequal relations of power and opportunities, which place women in a condition of inferiority to men. And the prospect is very bleak: one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in the course of their lives.