Gender-based

If elected president, my pledge is to forge a grand bargain to stop gender-based violence.

We’ve implemented a comprehensive strategy to end gender-based violence around the world, from prevention, to treating survivors, to bringing perpetrators to justice. And we’re helping to remove barriers that prevent women from participating fully in their societies.

Wars and ethnic conflicts around the world are being recognized this year as the main cause of sexual and gender-based violence.

"Let me be clear. Sexual and gender-based violence in conflict is not only a horrendous and life-changing crime, most often perpetrated against women and girls. It is also used as a tactic of war, to terrorize families, dehumanize communities and destabilize societies, so that they struggle to recover for years or even decades after the guns fall silent," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

Other world leaders have also decided to take on gender-based violence.

A telecoms company in South Africa launched a free mobile phone application last year to support targets of gender-based violence (GBV), which soared during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gender-based violence (or sexist violence, according to other sources) is understood as any type of violence that is committed by violating the physical, mental or relational well-being of a person due to their sex or gender identity.

The special adviser expressed particular alarm about the use of rape and gender-based violence, the burning and looting of villages, the bombing of medical facilities and the lack of access to water and electricity.