What is Sexual Violence;
Any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion , by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.( WHO 2002).
Definition of sexual violence in the IASC guidelines
According to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Sexual violence “any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic a person’s sexuality using coercion, threats of harm or physical force, by any person regardless of relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.”
Forms of Sexual Violence
Any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion , by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.( WHO 2002).
Definition of sexual violence in the IASC guidelines
According to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Sexual violence “any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic a person’s sexuality using coercion, threats of harm or physical force, by any person regardless of relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.”
Forms of Sexual Violence
- Rape
- Marital Rape
- Child Sexual Abuse,
- Defilement and Incest:
- Sexual Exploitation
- Forced Prostitution (also referred to as sexual exploitation)
- Sexual Harassment
- Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Torture Forced
- Sodomy/Anal Rape
- Attempted Rape or Attempted Forced Sodomy/Anal Rape
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting(FGM/C)
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