VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN

Violence Against Women manifests itself in Physical, Sexual, and Psychological forms, encompassing:

Intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide),

Sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber-harassment),

Human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation),

Female genital mutilation and

Child marriage.

Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality and peace, as well as to the fulfillment of women and girls’ human rights. All in all, the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - to leave no one behind - cannot be achieved without putting an end to violence against women.