Violence against women in Venezuela occurs in Venezuela. With corruption and the crisis in Venezuela, offenders are not being prosecuted. In 2014, only...

Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), is violent acts primarily committed by men...

been in the care of her grandparents since her parents' death. Spear's murder set off a wave of protests against the growing violence in Venezuela under...

Discrimination Against Women. However, women in the history of Venezuela have played asymmetrical roles in society compared to men. Notable women have participated...

victims and perpetrators of violence. Violence against women is the opposite category, where acts of violence are targeted against the female gender. Studies...

the Elimination of Violence Against Women defined domestic violence as: Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, including...

1993 – 19 April 2017) was a Venezuelan student from the Catholic University of Tachira killed during the 2017 Venezuelan protests. On 19 April 2017, Ramírez...

incidents of violence against women in Spain. The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality publishes statistics on violence against women and counts...

Violence against women in Guatemala reached severe levels during the long-running Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), and the continuing impact of that...

prostitution experience higher levels of violence against them than the general population of women. A long-term study published in 2004 estimated the homicide rate...

exacerbated gender violence and discrimination against women in Iraq, limiting women's movement and opportunities. The Yazidi women have been severely...

Currently, homosexual acts are legal in almost all Western countries, and in many of these countries violence against LGBT people is classified as a hate...

money. Women and girls from surrounding Andean states, in particular Colombia, were also recruited to come to Venezuela and sometimes forced to work in the...

Senta Tushin. 3: 23–38. Cabinet Office, Gender Equality Bureau. "Violence against Women" (PDF). gender.go.jp. Japanese Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office...

Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence. It was estimated in 2012 that 40 percent of women have experienced physical sexual violence. About...

anti-discrimination measures, and reforms to the penal code (in particular with regard to crimes of violence against women). The Etruscan civilization (/ɪˈtrʌskən/ ih-TRUS-kən)...

Anti-Christian violence in India is religiously motivated violence against Christians in India. Human Rights Watch has classified violence against Christians in India...

violations"; violence based on gender accounted for more than 12% of 2018 health-care events, and indigenous women may be at higher risk. Venezuelan women emigrating...

homicides increased in Venezuela. This introduced to the Venezuelan population the notion of not following the societal rules and using violence to achieve goals...

setting up women's committees, 'zhensoviets,' which campaigned for women's emancipation and intervened in cases of violence against women. Alpern-Engel...

The role of women in Egypt has changed over time, from ancient to the modern era. Early archaeological records show that Egyptian women were considered...

Xiomara Soledad Scott (died 16 July 2017) was a Venezuelan nurse killed during the 2017 protests in Venezuela. in response to the constitutional crisis and...

Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America. Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels...

been several instances of religious violence against Muslims since the partition of India in 1947, frequently in the form of violent attacks on Muslims...

Violence against Women, 8.2% of Armenian women suffered domestic abuse and violence in 2021. Armenia has been lacking well-established laws against domestic aggression...

Violence against transgender people includes emotional, physical, sexual, or verbal violence targeted towards transgender people. The term has also been...

Indigenous Women are instances of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States, notably those in the First Nations in Canada and...

detention in health facilities. This treatment is regarded as a form of violence against women and a violation of women's rights. It is a recurring issue in facilities...

against discrimination in both law and practice." As a result, trans women have faced violence, sexual abuse, and discrimination in educational, health and...

Status of Women,” to address women’s rights. The stated objectives of this committee are to prevent discrimination, combat violence against women, and promote...