Sexual violence

Sexual violence is a serious public health and human rights issue and has short and long-term effects on women's physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health. Among intimate partnerships, in larger families and communities, or during sexual conflicts, this is a very serious and painful experience for survivors.

A multilateral survey of women's health and domestic violence by the World Health Organization provides important data on the prevalence of sexual and non-partnering sexual violence and sexual abuse in 15 women in 10 countries It is.

The Sexual Violence Research Initiative was established by the World Health Organization and the World Health Research Forum to promote the study of sexual violence and generate empirical data to make sexual violence recognized as a priority public health problem It was an alliance.

In the armed conflict, due to the collapse of social infrastructure, the collapse of families and communities, and the confusion of correspondence, women and girls are in sexual violence, combatants, intimate partners and acquaintances, and even sexual exploitation of humanitarian actors

Sexual and gender based violence against women in conflict and humanitarian circumstances is increasingly reported and documented. The issue of human rights, peace and security has begun to become an international attention, so that it does not happen, efforts are being made to respond to the needs of survivors and deal with the distrust of managers.

WHO is a member of UN activities. For the purpose of terminating sexual violence during conflict, the United Nations activities are integrating the activities of 12 United Nations organizations

Action at national level: Tackle national teams and peacekeeping operations to build capacity at national level.

Advocacy: Improving Public Awareness and Generating Political Intention to Tackle Sexual Violence

Knowledge Center: Develop knowledge and evidence to promote effective response from the United Nations and its partners

World Health Organization ethics and safety recommendations on surveillance, documentation and monitoring of sexual violence in emergency situations

The ethics and safety guidelines (or recommendations) of this document are intended to complement existing internationally recognized research ethics and to provide information for the ethics review process.

Reporter and relatives of the International Criminal Court, Violent, Gender, Gender, Sex

Reality: Sexual violence often intersects with other forms of violence and oppression. Migrant Max talks about sexual violence faced at work often and causes a fight against sexual violence in the workplace. For labor inequality, foreign aversion and mass imprisonment should always include sexual violence as an important part of liberation from oppressive systems. If you are at school, please look for opportunities to conduct projects and research related to sexual violence. Sexual violence is still one of the most reported crimes in the United States and information on how sexual violence occurs is still limited, especially in Latin America and immigrant communities.

Most people think that sexual violence is rape or sexual assault, but it includes many other forms of violence, including various forms of undesirable sexual contact. Sexual violence is a general term used to describe physical or psychological violence through sexual or sexual behavior. • Sexual violence is a form of power and control expressed in a sexual way. It is not limited to sexual assault (ie, unwelcome sexual contacts), but also includes gender roles and expectations of cultural norms, and everyone comes from a gender "gender box" of men and women. In other words, the stereotypes of people who are not sensitive to gender suffer from violence

Sexual violence occurs in every community and affects people of all gender and age. Sexual violence is all kinds of undesirable sexual contact. This includes descriptions and actions intended to be personal, not sexually agreed. People can use force, threat, manipulation or coercion to carry out sexual violence. There is a social background surrounding sexual violence. The social norm of resistance to violence, the exercise of power to others, the traditional structure of manhood, the conquest of women, and the silence of violence and abuse brought sexual violence. All forms of suppression are one of the fundamental causes of sexual violence. At all societal levels in our family, community, school, creed, workplace, and other environments, sexual violence can be prevented by the cooperation of community members. We all play a role in preventing sexual violence, establishing standards of respect, safety, equality and helping others.