Google Share on Facebook sexual assault (redirected fromSexual violence) Thesaurus Medical Acronyms Related to Sexual violence:domestic violence,teenage pregnancy sexual assault n. 1.Sexual penetration of a person without that person's consent or of a person incapable of consent; rape. ...
Gender-based violence (GBV) intersects with multiple vulnerabilities including gender inequality and poverty, and is closely linked with social trauma. The risk of GBV and sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) increases in armed conflict, humanitarian crisis, and displacement. Combatting against GBV ...
Sexual violence is an umbrella term that refers to an inclusive category of sexual acts and experiences that are imposed, coerced, or forced onto a person. Rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual violation, and so on are all included. While some forms of sexual violence in...
This study provides a literature review of the research on PTG in the aftermath of sexual violence. Important implications for future directions and trauma-based therapy are discussed and include the identification of relevant predictors, the importance of context, and how service providers might ...
Trauma and PTSD symptoms in Rwanda: implications for attitudes toward justice and reconciliation. JAMA. 2004;292(5):602-61215292086ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 15. Johnson K, Asher J, Rosborough S, et al. Association of combatant status and sexual violence with health and mental health ...
Sexual violence (SV) is a major public health issue in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in the eastern part of the country where women have been victims of SV for many years. The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the survivor and perpetrator characteristi...
Kennedy, A. C., & Prock, K. A. (2018). “I still feel like I am not normal”: A review of the role of stigma and stigmatization among female survivors of child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence.Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 19(5), 512–527.https://doi....
National studies and police data indicate the highly gendered pattern to sexual violence, as women represent the majority of victims and men overpoweringly, although not exclusively, the perpetrators (Henry & Powell,2016). According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO,2013), 35% of...
A history of childhood sexual abuse was more negatively associated with African-American women's well-being than were repeated experiences of sexual violence. Future research should address the implications of ethnic and cultural issues on the cumulative impact of incidents of sexual violence on women...
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) warns that it will worsen cycles of trauma, violence, and neglect, rather than addressing the root causes of crime. The Australian Indigenous Doctors Association also opposes the plan, calling for the age of criminal ...