SELECTED RUSSIAN LINKS ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
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In 1993, the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women offered the first official definition of the term “Gender-based Violence”:
“Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including
threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.” Gender-based violence has become
an umbrella term for any harm that is perpetrated against a person’s will, and that results from power inequalities that are based on gender roles.
Around the world, gender-based violence almost always has a greater negative impact on women and girls. For this reason the term "Gender-based Violence"
is often used interchangeably with the term "Violence against Women" (VAW). GBV principally affects those across all cultures. GBV can occur throughout a
woman's lifecycle, and can include everything from early childhood marriage and genital mutilation, to sexual abuse, domestic violence, legal discrimination
and exploitation.
In what way should we meet women who have been victims of gender-based violence? It is extremely important to meet women who have been victims of
gender-based violence in a respectful and dignified manner.
Below we have collected some useful links about GBV:
Definitions and basic terms to Gender Based Violence
Guidelines and Tools
Human rights and Gender Based Violence - legal texts, resolutions etc
Gender Based Violence in the context of war and conflict
Female Genital Mutilation
Human Trafficking
Organisations and sites
Definitions and basic terms to Gender Based Violence
This presents a collection of articles, websites etc. You’ll find a wide choice of
more general documents - statements and definitions of the WHO or UN, as well as more specific ones
addressing f.ex the situation in some countries. Some cover Gender-based Violence all over, also included
is domestic violence against women (occurring all over the globe, also in “peaceful” countries). Some are more
specific concerning GBV in the context of war or conflict.
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Guidelines and Tools
This represents a collection of manuals and guidelines, which try from different points of view to help field workers to cope with the aftermath of
GBV, the traumas and injuries of the survivors. Very often the focus here is aimed at situations during or after war/conflict. Therefore most of these
manuals are targeting more practical aspects of fieldwork, as for instance organizing a field camp. Some provide a lot of information about GBV.
Some try also to set focus on communication with the survivors, as the topic GBV is a very sensitive one and therefore sometimes difficult to approach
in contact with the survivor.
The effects of GBV are manifold and always severe. There are physical injuries that may remain, as chronic pain syndromes, muscle and skeleton damages,
infections, sexually transmitted diseases. In the recent years it has come more in focus that also the psychological effects are severe, sometimes more
serious than the physical ones. To name here PTSD(post traumatic stress disease)
in all its varieties, depression, panic disorders.
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Human rights and Gender Based Violence - legal texts, resolutions etc
Here we try to present a collection of legal framework, which already exist. Especially The United Nations
agreement on some resolutions, which define the topic in a very solid mode, including suggestions on how to proceed.
Implementing these resolutions and agreements in the reality of
war-situations and preventing GBV from happening is the issue that is to be focused on. In response to persistent advocacy from civil society the UN Security Council has so far, adopted five resolutions on "Women, Peace and Security".
These resolutions are: Security Councils Resolution 1325 (2000); 1820 (2009); 1888 (2009); 1889 (2010) and 1960 (2011).
The five resolutions should be taken together under a single umbrella, as they comprise the Women, Peace and Security international policy framework.
They guide work to promote and protect the rights of women in conflict and post-conflict situations. Additionally, as binding Security Council resolutions, they should be implemented by all Member States and relevant actors, including UN system entities and parties to conflict.
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Gender Based Violence in the context of war and conflict
There are many articles covering the topic of GBV in a more general meaning, here also
including domestic violence (occurring also in “stabile” countries). We are trying here to
collect some essays and articles, which are highlighting the specific problems concerning GBV in war and conflict zones
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Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation – FGM – represents a serious impact both to the physical and mental health of the affected women and girls. It is part of reality for many women around the world, to consider as quite severe not least because it is furthermore seen as “normal” in many ways of many of the involved persons. So it represents a major challenge to face because of the many background aspects which are to consider.
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Human Trafficking
“Human trafficking” is called the practice of people being tricked, lured, coerced or otherwise removed from their home or country,
then forced to work with no or low payment, or on terms which are highly exploitative. The practice is considered to be the trade or commerce
of people, which has many features of slavery, and which is illegal in most countries. The victims of human trafficking are used in a variety
of situations, including prostitution and forced labor and other forms of involuntary servitude. The sale of babies and children for adoption
or other purposes is also considered to be trafficking. A wide variety of crimes and human rights abuses are associated with trafficking.
We have focused here on human trafficking concerning women and girls, as this represents a part of Gender-based Violence.
Organisations and sites
Some useful links to organizations distributing information and working with survivors of GBV.
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