What is Gender-Based Violence?

Gender-based violence, or GBV is any act of violence against a person because of their gender or gender identity. According to UN Women, more than one in three women experience gender-based violence during their lifetime.

“A society that fails to uplift the voices of women cannot achieve true peace and justice.”
from Mother of Peace
Hak Ja Han, Founder of the Sunhak Peace Prize

0:00 What is gender-based violence?
0:29 Types of gender-based violence
1:08 How can gender-based violence be addressed?
1:21 Waris Dirie

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Written by: Hyang Hwa Oh
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