Violence against Women (VAW) can be generally defined as “violence directed against a woman because she is a woman or which affects a woman disproportionately. It includes physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other deprivations of liberty.” The most common form of violence experienced by women globally is intimate partner violence, also commonly referred to as domestic violence or spousal abuse, which is the focus of this brochure.
