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Title: The effects of violence against women
Concepts:
Violence against women - particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women - are major public health problems and violations of women's human rights.
Adolescent- between childhood and adulthood
Female- of the sex that can give birth or produce eggs of women or female animals or plants
Violence- being violent conduct or treatment unlawful use of force
Violent - involving or using great physical force (violent person)
Types of violence against women
Sexual abuse- is considered to be any unwanted physical invasion of an individual’s body that is sexual in nature. This abuse ranges from touching and kissing, through to forced oral sex, forced Sexual penetration or rape and being forced to perform prostitution and bestial acts
Sexual assault- in legal terms is defined as the unlawful and intentional application of force to. Another person or making the person believe that such force will immediately be applied, with the intent to commit the sexual act.
Rape- according to South African law ‘consists in a man having unlawful, intentional sexual Intercourse with a woman without her consent. Sexual intercourse presupposes penetration of the Female sexual organ by the male’s penis’. (South African Law Commission, 1999, p.69).
The United Nations defines violence against women- as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."
Intimate partner- “violence refers to behavior by an intimate partner or ex-partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including physical aggression, sexual coercion, and psychological abuse and controlling behaviors” .
Sexual violence –“is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person’s
Concepts:
Violence against women - particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women - are major public health problems and violations of women's human rights.
Adolescent- between childhood and adulthood
Female- of the sex that can give birth or produce eggs of women or female animals or plants
Violence- being violent conduct or treatment unlawful use of force
Violent - involving or using great physical force (violent person)
Types of violence against women
Sexual abuse- is considered to be any unwanted physical invasion of an individual’s body that is sexual in nature. This abuse ranges from touching and kissing, through to forced oral sex, forced Sexual penetration or rape and being forced to perform prostitution and bestial acts
Sexual assault- in legal terms is defined as the unlawful and intentional application of force to. Another person or making the person believe that such force will immediately be applied, with the intent to commit the sexual act.
Rape- according to South African law ‘consists in a man having unlawful, intentional sexual Intercourse with a woman without her consent. Sexual intercourse presupposes penetration of the Female sexual organ by the male’s penis’. (South African Law Commission, 1999, p.69).
The United Nations defines violence against women- as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."
Intimate partner- “violence refers to behavior by an intimate partner or ex-partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including physical aggression, sexual coercion, and psychological abuse and controlling behaviors” .
Sexual violence –“is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person’s