Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment (SEAH) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) are closely related but different areas of work, particularly within the development and humanitarian sector. This Bitesize note describes SEAH and GBV, clarifying the differences and similarities between the two areas of work. Ensuring our work as practitioners is based on a thorough understanding of this will ultimately lead to strengthened prevention, mitigation and response work within the humanitarian and development sector.
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Thank you for your question, Clementina. Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is based on gender inequality and socially ascribed differences between men and women. It stems from structural inequality which usually results from men’s abuse of power/dominance over women, in a patriarchal society where men are accorded more value and seen as superior to women. GBV would therefore be based on unequal power relations between men and women.
Does GBV includes unbalanced power relations between men and women?