Question- How has the United Nations defined violence against women?

Answer -

The United Nations defines violence against women as – any act of gender-based violence that results or is likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm to women, or to cause problems for women, including - including threats to do so, to deprive women of their freedom by the use of coercive or arbitrary means, whether these incidents are committed in public or in private life." (United Nations, 1993).

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