What is gendered justice?
We define gender justice as the systemic redistribution of power, opportunities, and access for people of all genders through the dismantling of harmful structures including patriarchy, homophobia, and transphobia.
How do you achieve gender justice?
Social, political and economic equality for women is integral to the achievement of all Millennium Development Goals. Hence, gender justice entails ending the inequalities between women and men that are produced and reproduced in the family, the community, the market and the state.
What does Sonke Gender Justice do?
Sonke Gender Justice works across Africa to strengthen government, civil society and citizen capacity to promote gender equality, prevent domestic and sexual violence, and reduce the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS.
Who runs Sonke Gender?
Dean Peacock
Who founded Sonke Gender Justice?
Why does gender violence occur?
Harmful Gender Norms Gender stereotypes and are often used to justify violence against women. Cultural norms often dictate that men are aggressive, controlling, and dominant, while women are docile, subservient, and rely on men as providers.
How can we stop gender violence?
Three Things You Can Do About Gender-Based Violence
- Educate yourself and others about GBV. The first line of prevention is education.
- Use your voice on social media to bring awareness to GBV. Using social media can help you connect to others outside your normal social circles.
- Sponsor a woman survivor of conflict and war.
What are the consequences of gender-based violence in the family in terms of health?
This violence has significant repercussions on women’s health, for example low birth weight babies, abortions, depression, and increased risk of HIV.
How does gender abuse affect the community?
GBV is a profound human rights violation with major social and developmental impacts for survivors of violence, as well as their families, communities and society more broadly. On an individual level, GBV leads to psychological trauma, and can have psychological, behavioural and physical consequences for survivors.
What are the psychological effects of gender-based violence?
Mental health impacts for survivors of gender-based violence include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, substance misuse, self-harm and suicidal behaviour, and sleep disturbances. In addition, a survivor of GBV may also face stigma and rejection from her community and family.
How many types of gender violence are there?
The Istanbul Convention (Council of Europe, Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence), defines violence against women as falling under four key forms: physical, sexual, psychological and economic.
What is gender-based violence and its causes?
Gender-based violence is defined as violence that is directed against a person on the basis of. their gender or sex,2 including acts that inflict physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other deprivations of liberty. It includes physical, sexual and.