Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Gender-Based Violence

Violence based on gender that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. (From www.who.int/topics/gender_based_violence/en/)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Violence based on gender that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. (From www.who.int/topics/gender_based_violence/en/)

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Gender Based Violence
  • Violence, Gender-Based
  • Dowry Death
  • Death, Dowry
  • Dowry Deaths

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2018

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  • Violence (1995-2017)

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.856w.463w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gender-Based Violence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000074386. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000074386
  2. Gender-Based Violence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_and_violence
  3. Gender-Based Violence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6163243