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What is violence against women and girls?
The UN definition describes violence against women and girls as
'any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.'
UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
It can include:
- Domestic abuse
- Sexual violence and rape
- Stalking and harassment
- Trafficking of women
- Female genital mutilation
- Intimidation and harassment at work, in education or in public
- Forced prostitution
- Forced marriage
- 'Honour' crimes
Advice and support information
Beech House - The Kent and Medway SARC - Home (beechhousesarc.org)
Project Empowerment | Domestic Abuse Support for Mums in Kent (Homestartshepway.org.uk)
Rising Sun: Domestic Violence & Abuse Service
Stalking and harassment | Police.uk (www.police.uk)