Violence againstwomen

1. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
A BRIEF VIEW OF ROMANIAN SITUATION

2. YOU KNOW ...
„All human beings are born free and equal in
dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and
should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood”
Article 1,
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 1948

3. ONE MORE TIME...
 Liberty
 Equality in dignity and rights
 Brotherhood

4. WHAT IS VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN?
 Violence against women shall be understood to encompass, but
not be limited to, the following
 Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, including
battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household, dowry-related violence,
marital rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to
women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation
 Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring within the general
community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at
work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women and forced
prostitution
 Physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrated or condoned by the
State, wherever it occurs
UNO Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,
1993, art. 2

5. SOME TYPES OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN
Rape · Marital rape · Mass rape (as weapon of war)
Beating · Spanking · Sexual mutilation
Deprivation of liberty· Forced marriage· Traffic · Prostitution
Sexual harassment · Degrading treatment · Humiliation
“Honor” killings · Infanticide on sexual criteria
Threat of violence · Deprivation of access to resources · Blackmail
Deprivation of education
Forced Pregnancy · Forced Abortion
…..and many more

6. WHERE VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN HAPPENS
 In public space -- On the Street· At work
 In private space - -At home

7. IN ROMANIA...
IN CAPITAL CITY
 45% of women do not feel safe on city streets
during the day,
 84% of women do not feel safe on city streets
during the night;
 2 women out of 10 believe that violence against
women is widespread in public places in Bucharest,
half, 48% consider that is quite widespread

8. WHY?
 Half of the women in Capital city have witnessed physical attack or
sexual assault of a woman in public;
 69% have witnessed verbal attacks against women, and 46% for
robbing a woman.
 Of the 10 women who have witnessed such acts, 8 say no one spoke
against the aggressor.
 One in four women has been the victim of robbery in public places (6%
were victims of sexual assault, and 8% of physical attacks. In most cases
women are not informed police)
 Approximately 2% of the respondents were violated and the sample of
51 respondents who mentioned this, only 23 have notified the Police.

9. Almost three quarters (72%) of women in big cities
expect that if they would happen to any of the
situations referred,
not to jump anyone help.

10. YOU HEARD THIS KIND OF
EXPRESSIONS?
„a cerut-o” · „ Asked for it”
„ce căuta pe stradă la ora aia?” · “what she belong on the street at that hour?"
„ea e de vină, doar l-a provocat” · "She's her fault, because she provoked him"
„stai la locul tău” · "Stay in your place"
„o caută cu lumânarea” · “she’s looking for trouble"
„nu îți fie frică, nu o să te doară...” · "Do not be afraid, I will not hurt you..."
„o femeie respectabilă nu umblă noaptea pe străzi "A decent woman don’t walks on the streets at night
/ nu umblă îmbrăcată așa” · / do not go dressed like that"
„unor femei le-a placut cand au fost violate” · "Some women liked when they were raped"

11. ALL THIS REFLECT
 A general social context that
 legitimizes;
 trivialize; violence against women
 encouraging;

12. ALONGSIDE....

13. DISTRIBUTION OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE VICTIMS BY SEX AND AGE
(2005-2008)
Source: ANPF, 2009

14. VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY
 1 in 3 women said to have been physically or verbally
abused by their spouse, according to the 2004 Reproductive
Health Survey
 in the first five months of 2008 there were 21.3% more
rapes followed by death of the victim to the same period of
2007, according to the Romanian Police
 69 women died from domestic violence only in 2007, the
trend is increasing, according to ANPF
 only in Bucharest in 2006-2007 there were reported 968
cases of violence against women in the family, 10 deaths and
47 rapes violence in the streets, according to the General
Headquarter of Bucharest Police

15. VICIOUS CIRCLE…

16. YOU HEARD AND THIS KIND
OF EXPRESSIONS?
“unele femei chiar o merită”
“este o chestiune privată”
“unele femei chiar caută bărbați
abuzivi”
“dacă nu i-ar plăcea, ar pleca”
“te bat pentru ca te iubesc”
"Some women even deserve"
"Is a private matter"
"Some women just looking for abusive men"
"If she did not like, she would leave"
"I beat you because I love you"

17. REFLECTION….AGAIN
 A familial context that also
 legitimizes;
 trivialize; violence against women
 encouraging;

18. POSSIBLE CONCLUSION???
 Women are not really entirely free, because their
lives are built in to the mental acceptance of
possibility to be aggressed.
 Women are not perceived quite equal in dignity
with men.
 Many times we don’t act like a community . We are all
spectators and, in that way, we all participate,
men and women to acts of violence.. .