Question

how has the following institutions helped reduce gender based violence non-government organisations ,community and religious organisations and one example of each

Answer 1

Answer: Gender-based violence is violence against women based on women's subordinate status in. society. It includes any act or threat by men or male dominated institutions that inflict physical,  sexual, or psychological harm on a woman or girl because of their gender.

Gender-based violence includes physical, sexual and psychological violence such as domestic .

Trafficking of women and girls for prostitution, forced marriage, sexual harassment and

intimidation at work are additional examples of violence against women.

w Gender violence occurs in both the ‘public’ and ‘private’ spheres. Such violence not only occurs

in the family and in the general community, but is sometimes also perpetuated by the state

through policies or the actions of agents of the state such as the police, military or immigration

authorities. Gender-based violence happens in all societies, across all social classes, with

women particularly at risk from men they know.

3. Facilitator divides participants into pairs and allows them 10-15 minutes to discuss which major types

of violence occur in the family, community/society, and the ones perpetrated or condoned by the  state.