11/06/2026
What is GBV?
Gender-based violence is violence directed against a person because of that person's gender or violence that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.
Violence against women is understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and shall mean all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in
physical harm,
sexual harm,
psychological,
or economic harm
or suffering to women.