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WOMEN
Chapter 18
Honor killings
Dowry-related violence
These forms show that VAW may be viewed as continuum occurring at various
life cycle stages of a womans life.
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
It is related to how women and men feel, experience, and think about the
world around them, perceptions that are influenced by the system of
power and how organization, policies, norms, and behaviors support those
systems in different contexts.
Social and Political Contexts (class, race, ethics group and sex, etc.)
In Asia
In Asia pacific, there are numerous cultural practices that are discriminatory
towards women and which perpetuate forms of VAW.
World Health Organization reports that half of all women who die from
homicide are killed by their current or former husbands and partners.
In the US, the national Center of Victims of Crime reports that 10% of violent
crimes were committed by the victims intimate partner. In which 19% are
women, while 3% are men.
In the Philippines
PNP and DSWD records show that battering and rape were the most
common types of reported VAW cases.