5 questions and answers on gender-based violence
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Gender-based violence is an everyday, global phenomenon. It includes any harmful acts and threats of such acts.
Don’t Skip Campaign | Don’t skip gender-based violence
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The campaign seeks to raise awareness in society so that we do not overlook the daily incidents of gender-based violence.
Femicide: The most extreme form of gender-based and sexist violence
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Of the 87,000 murders of women worldwide in 2017, 58% were committed by (former or current) husbands or partners or a family member.
Five key steps for the woman who has suffered violence
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Immediately move out of the reach of the perpetrator, taking her children and documents with her, and call 100.