Definition
This entry focuses on gender-based violence committed against women and girls by men, as this tends to be the more pervasive form of gendered abuse throughout the world. Although it is a complex issue, women and girls often experience violence and suffer its consequences differently than men. Gender-based violence and abuse can take many forms, and all serve to deprive women of their basic human rights via physical force or threatening or intimidating behaviors. Examples of gender-based violence and abuse include: emotional and psychological abuse; physical assault; rape, including in marriage or common-law relationships; verbal harassment or uttering threats; and economic abuse when an abuser prevents a victim from having a paid job or access to financial resources....
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References and Additional Reading
(WHO) World Health Organization (2013) Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence. WHO, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council, Geneva. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/violence/9789241564625/en/
Aghtaie N, Gangoli G (2015) Understanding gender based violence: national and international contexts. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London
Arriagada P (2016) First nations, métis and inuit women. Women in Canada: a gender-based statistical report. Statistics Canada catalogue no. 89–503-X, Ottawa. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-503-x/2010001/article/11442-eng.htm
Boyce J (2016) Victimization of aboriginal people in Canada, 2014. Minister of Industry and Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Ottawa. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2016001/article/14631-eng.htm
Canadian Institute for Health Information (2013) National health expenditure trends, 1975 to 2013. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Ottawa. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: https://secure.cihi.ca/free_products/NHEXTrendsReport_EN.pdf
DeRiviere L (2014) The healing journey: intimate partner abuse and its implications in the labour market. Fernwood Publishing, Halifax & Winnipeg; Co-published by Resolve-Manitoba, pp 1–199
Gerberding JL, Binder S, Hammon WR, Arias I (2003) Costs of intimate partner violence against women in the United States. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, pp 1–55. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/ipvbook-a.pdf
Kusha HR, Ammar NH (2014) Stoning women in the Islamic Republic of Iran: is it holy law or gender violence. Arts Social Sci J 5(1):1–9
Pearce D (1978) The feminization of poverty: women, work and welfare. Urban Social Change Rev 11:28–36
Truth and Reconciliation Canada (2015) Honouring the truth, reconciling for the future, summary of the final report of the truth and reconciliation commission of Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Ottawa. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Exec_Summary_2015_05_31_web_o.pdf
U.K. Office for National Statistics (2015) Expenditure on Healthcare in the UK: 2013. Release date: 26 Mar 2015. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthcaresystem/articles/expenditureonhealthcareintheuk/2015-03-26
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), General Recommendation No. 19 (11th session, 1992). Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/recommendations/recomm.htm
United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (DEVAW), General Assembly Resolution 48/104, 20 Dec 1993 Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/48/a48r104.htm
United Nations Security Council. Women, Peace and Security. Resolution 1325 (Year: 2000), 1820 (Year: 2008), 1888 & 1889 (Year: 2009), 1960 (Year: 2010), 2106 & 2122 (Year: 2013) Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/issues/women/wps.shtml
Walby S, Olive P (2014) Estimating the costs of gender-based violence in the European Union. European Institute for Gender Equality, Luxembourg. Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://eige.europa.eu/rdc/eige-publications/estimating-costs-gender-based-violence-european-union-report
Zhang T, Hoddenbagh J, McDonald S, Scrim K (2012) An estimation of the economic impact of spousal violence in Canada, 2009. Department of Justice Canada, Ottawa. pp 1–145 Retrieved 8 Jan 2017 online at: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/cj-jp/fv-vf/rr12_7/rr12_7.pdf
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Section Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG
About this entry
Cite this entry
DeRiviere, L. (2017). Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls. In: Poff, D., Michalos, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_137-1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_137-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-23514-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-23514-1
eBook Packages: Religion and PhilosophyReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences