women's rights

3. What is violence against women?
 Violence against women can be defined as: Any
act of violence that leads to physical, sexual or
psychological harm or suffering to women, or
the threat of such acts, including the use of
force in public or private situations.

4. Violence in the family
 Battering by male partners
 The sexual abuse of girls in a household
 Forced marriage
 ‘Honour crimes’ (punishing women for
behaviour that is perceived as damaging
the family’s reputation)

5. Violence against women at work and in
the community
 Sexual assault, rape,
 abuse and bullying
 The abuse of domestic workers –
including: physical abuse, forced
labour and slavery-like conditions •
Trafficking and forced prostitution
Physical abuse
Forced labour
trafficking

6. Violence against women in war
 Kidnapping
 Trafficking
 Torture
 Murder
 Enforced pregnancy
 Forced abortion (In war violence the military may deliberately target
women and girls to create terror and to dominate communities.)

8. Does violence against women occur in only
some countries, or affect only certain groups of
women?
 no region, country or culture in the world
is free from violence against women. It
can affect women of every race, age,
culture, faith, nationality, profession and
financial situation

9. Discrimination and inequality are at the
root of violence against women.
 Historically women were seen as less important than men;
 lower than them;
 of less value than men politically, socially, economically and culturally.

10. ‫أكثر‬ ‫هو‬ ‫المرأة‬ ‫ضد‬ ‫العنف‬ ‫كان‬ ‫وربما‬
‫كان‬ ‫وربما‬ ،ً‫ا‬‫شر‬ ‫اإلنسان‬ ‫حقوق‬ ‫انتهاكات‬
‫انتشارا‬ ‫االنتهاكات‬ ‫هذه‬ ‫أكثر‬.‫يعرف‬ ‫وال‬
‫الثروة‬ ‫أو‬ ‫الثقافة‬ ‫أو‬ ‫الجغرافيا‬ ‫حدود‬.‫وما‬
‫نزعم‬ ‫أن‬ ‫لنا‬ ‫يجوز‬ ‫فال‬ ً‫ا‬‫مستمر‬ ‫األمر‬ ‫دام‬
‫المساواة‬ ‫نحو‬ ً‫ا‬‫حقيقي‬ ً‫ا‬‫تقدم‬ ‫نحرز‬ ‫أننا‬
‫والتنمية‬‫والسالم‬
‫عنان‬ ‫كوفي‬-