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PERSPECTIVE IN
GENDER AND
SEXUALITY
PART 1- GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: SURVIVOR,
VICTIM,PERPETRATOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
Unwanted pregnancies
Complication from unsafe abortions
Sexually transmitted infections including HIV
Injuries, mental health
Psychosocial effects (depression, anxiety, post-
traumatic stress, suicide and death)
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
Families can also be the factor as a consequence of
gender-based violence
For example, when children are born following a
rape
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
The cost of public health and social welfare systems
and the reduce ability of many survivors to
participate in social and economic life
SURVIVOR,VICTIM, PERPETRATOR
SURVIVOR is a preferred term (not a victim) of a
person who lived through an incident of gender-
based violence
PERPETRATOR is a person, group, or institution
that inflicts, supports or condones violence or other
abuse against a person
REMEMBER
Survivor is the preferred term for those who have
lived through a GBV incident
Perpetrator is a person who commits an act of GBV
In any act of GBV, there is a survivor and a
perpetrator
All actions in prevention must address potential
survivor and potential perpetrator
SUMMARY
Gender-Based Violence is a worldwide
phenomenon which must be given attention,
nationally and internationally.
The consequences capture all areas of our lives
(family, socially, economically, and health.
The SURVIVOR and PERPETRATOR are
important actors in Gender-Based Violence and
violence against women are clear violation of
human rights