Types of Sexual & Gender-Based Violence
"Their notions of honor, of loyalty toward each other, of reputation were more important to them than my suffering. They would avenge me later, yes, but only when they felt the circumstances would bring them heroic fame."
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions
sexual violation
/ˈsɛkʃʊəl vaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
1. when one person makes sexual advances towards another person, such that the person who is at the receiving end of the sexual advances, feels discomfort because their personal boundaries are being invaded.
"at Imaara Survivor Support Foundation, we are committed to preventing and ending sexual violations."
sexual violence
/ˈsɛkʃʊəlˈvʌɪələns/
1. when a person forcefully engages in sexual behavior with another person or attempts to receive sexual acts from another person through compulsion, force, or violence.
"at Imaara Survivor Support Foundation, we are committed to preventing and ending sexual violence."
gender-based violence
/jen′dĕr-bāst vʌɪələns/
1. when a person or group engages in violence against another person or group because of their identified gender.
2. how certain genders are more prone to being targets of violence because of their gender.
"at Imaara Survivor Support Foundation, we are committed to preventing and ending gender-based violence."