Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide

This book provides comprehensive information about various types of gender-based violence (GBV) and abuse and impacts and relevant policy. GBV is a major public health and social problem that affects people and mostly women in every community, culture, and country. GBV refers to the violence or a pattern of abusive behaviours including physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours resulting in physical, sexual or psychological harm. It is associated with severe physical and psychological consequences, and victims/survivors need help and support from appropriate health and social care professionals and services. 

GBV can take many forms including female foeticide, infanticide, female genital mutilation, child marriage, grooming, trafficking, forced marriage, dowry related abuse, honour-based violence, rape, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, street violence, abuse against older people, domestic violence, and intimate partner violence.It can take place in public, private and virtual settings. While all these forms affect girls and women more, boys and men can also be exposed of various forms of violence including child abuse, sexual abuse, wartime violence, corporal punishment to name a few. 

This book takes a unique approach and presents an overview of ​gender-based violence related practices throughout the world. It is user friendly and contains short and clear chapters, providing consistency and accessibility for the reader.

Edited by a nurse and public health academic and a social worker, it will appeal to many professions as nurses, midwives, health and social care students, healthcare professionals, police, teachers, psychologists, and sociologists.In addition, the range of disciplines represented by the contributors also mean that this book present diverse opinions and appeals to a wider audience