Understanding Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV)
As much as we define violence as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself or another person”. The real violence mostly perpetrated in contemporary African societies is what I like to tag as “Emotional Violence”. The term “Emotional Violence” could be used interchangeably with “Psychological abuse”. Emotional abuse could happen to anyone. This form of abuse is often characterized by a person or group of people subjecting or exposing another person to a behavior that may result in psychological trauma. Gender-based Violence (GBV) is commonly allied with the girl child. Well, it is important to note that, Gender-based Violence includes both men and women. Factually speaking, violence against women is one of the most predominant Human Right violations in the world. As you read this, an estimated one in three women have experienced physical/sexual violence in their lifetime. Girls who are victims of these heinous acts could suffer devasta...