POLITICAL-LEGAL

PERSPECTIVE IN
GENDER AND
SEXUALITY
1- GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE: SURVIVOR,
VICTIM,PERPETRATOR
AND HUMAN RIGHTS
▪ Gender-based violence is
one of the most human
rights abuses
▪ It refers to any harm
perpetrated against a person
will on the basis of gender
differences between male
 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE FOR VICTIMS
AND FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE

▪ It result in physical, sexual and psychological harm

to both men and women
▪ It refers to battering and other forms of intimate
partner violence including marital rape, sexual
violence, sexual abuse of female children in the
household, early marriage, forced marriage,
female genital cutting,
 CONSEQUENCES OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

▪ 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
 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