{"id":5003,"date":"2019-09-12T06:42:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T06:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/uncategorized\/what-does-vaw-gbv-and-sgbv-mean\/"},"modified":"2019-09-12T06:42:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T06:42:24","slug":"what-does-vaw-gbv-and-sgbv-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/what-does-vaw-gbv-and-sgbv-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does VAW, GBV and SGBV mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>VAW stands for VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN<br> <\/li><li>GBV stands for GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE<br><\/li><li>SGBV stands for SEXUAL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These violent acts are primarily or exclusively committed against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, committed against women or girls  specifically because they are female. Such violence may arise from a sense of entitlement, superiority, misogyny or similar attitudes in the perpetrator, or because of his  violent nature, especially against women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the forms of violence: <strong>rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment, acid throwing, reproductive coercion, female infanticide, prenatal sex selection, obstetric violence, mob violence; harmful customary or traditional practices such as honor killings, dowry violence, female genital mutilation, marriage by abduction and forced marriage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>There are also forms of violence which may be perpetrated or condoned by the government, such as <strong>war rape; sexual violence and sexual slavery during conflict; forced sterilization; forced abortion; violence by the police and authoritative personnel; stoning and flogging.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Many forms of VAW, such as <strong>trafficking in women and forced prostitution<\/strong> are often perpetrated by organized criminal networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to make a change, connect with a local Nonprofit Organisation that provides any of the below <strong>GBV-related services<\/strong>. Get to know them and provide them with <strong>support, funding and resources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shelter<\/li><li>Trauma Counselling<\/li><li>Rape Counselling and Reporting<\/li><li>Baby Safes<\/li><li>Family Planning<\/li><li>Legal Aid<\/li><li>Advocacy<\/li><li>Research<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nonprofit landscape has dedicated and skilled counselors, advocates, activists, lawyers, social workers and trained professionals that create proposed bills, whitepapers, bill amendments, action plans, programmes and resources for the <strong>VAW landscape daily<\/strong> &#8211; support them so that when they sit at Government tables, they can better support you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact us today for more information about a local nonprofit in your area that provides GBV-related programmes: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech2endgbv.co.za\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CONTACT US (opens in a new tab)\">CONTACT US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VAW stands for VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GBV stands for GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SGBV stands for SEXUAL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE These violent acts are primarily or exclusively committed against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, committed against women or girls specifically because they are female. 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