Any action, incident or behaviour that departs from reasonable conduct in which a person is assaulted, threatened, harmed, injured in the course of, or as a direct result of, his or her work:
• Internal workplace violence is that which takes place between workers, including managers and supervisors.
• External workplace violence is that which takes place between workers (and managers and supervisors) and any other person present at the workplace.

Violence experienced by women and girls during armed conflict, ranging from physical, sexual to psychological violence perpetrated by both state and non-state actors including murder, unlawful killings, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, abductions, maiming and mutilation, forced recruitment of women combatants, rape, sexual slavery, sexual exploitation, involuntary disappearance, arbitrary detention, forced marriage, forced prostitution, forced abortion, forced pregnancy and forced sterilisation.

Defined as any act of “gender-based violence that results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of acts such as coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.” Violence against women includes domestic violence, child marriage, forced pregnancy, “honour” crimes, female genital mutilation, femicide, sexual and other violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner (also referred to as non-partner violence), sexual harassment (in the workplace, other institutions and in public spaces), trafficking in women and violence in conflict situations.

The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm or maldevelopment or deprivation. The terms “abuse” and “violence” are often used as synonyms, yet it was agreed in discussion sessions to use the word abuse to refer to the broader concept of maltreatment (violence, neglect, exploitation, assault…).

Any adverse treatment (including dismissal in cases of unequal treatment at work) in reaction to a complaint.

‘Victim-blaming’ exists to a certain degree with all forms of violence. In order not to question the safety of the world around us when we hear of a violent incident, we may examine the behaviour of the victim and assure ourselves that if we avoid such risks and behaviour (e.g. being out late alone, venturing into certain areas, leaving our door unlocked, dressing in a ‘provocative’ way) we will avoid violence. This natural act of psychological self-defence, however, focuses our attention on the perceived responsibility of the victim, and may neglect to fully question the conduct of the perpetrator. By shifting the blame to the victim in gender-based violence, the focus is on the victim, often a woman, and her behaviour, rather than on the structural causes and inequalities underlying the violence perpetrated against her.

A person who is directly affected by violence (The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, 1997). However, the term "direct victim" refers to the direct recipients of violence, and the "indirect victim" refers to the person affected by violence such as being affected by scenes of violence on TV or such as children affected by viewing violence occurring between their parents. Other terms that are sometimes used instead of the survivor: victim, recipient of violence, to indicate the different stages that can be experienced by a person who is subject to violence. However, the current practice in scholarly literature and the recommendations of the principles for dealing with individuals subject to violence, is the use of the word "survivor" when referring to the recipient of violence, regardless of the reaction of the recipient, since the word victim suggests weakness, compassion and surrendering while the word "survivor" suggests resilience and strength. Thus, the term "survivor" has positive connotations which helps the recipient on one hand to increase his/her self-confidence and reminds the care provider not to deal with the recipient as subordinate.

Procedures for terminating a pregnancy performed either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment lacking the basic medical and standard sanitary conditions, or both.

The United Nations set a common standard on human rights with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Although this Declaration is not part of binding international law, its acceptance by all countries around the world gives great moral weight to the fundamental principle that all human beings, rich and poor, strong and weak, female and male, of all races and religions, are to be treated equally and with respect.

Is a UN system-wide framework to enhance accountability and measure progress towards the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women in the work of the United Nations entities. It is a unified framework that applies equally to all entities, departments, offices and funds and programmes of the United Nations system. The UN-SWAP includes a set of 15 system-wide performance indicators that establish a common understanding of what it means to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and a common method to work towards it.