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Gender-Based Violence in Athletics
In 1993, the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women officially defined the term gender-based violence (GBV) in Article 1 as any act or threat of acts related to public or private arbitrary deprivations of liberty or coercion that results in the psychological, physical, sexual suffering or harm of women. Athletics is defined as games, sports, or exercises that athletes engage in. In this entry, GBV is related to athletics. The entry concludes with seven guiding principles to promote safe sport for all.
Gender-Based Violence
There are many facets of GBV. In fact, according to the World Health Organization, 35% of women in the world have experienced nonpartner and/or intimate partner physical/sexual violence. GBV may occur before a girl is born (e.g., sex-selective abortion in ...
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- Violence and Gender
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- Military Sexual Trauma
- Misogyny
- Perpetrators of Violence
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- Physical Assault, Female Survivors of
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- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Gender Violence
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- Violence Against Women Act
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