Any intentional conduct that seriously impairs another person’s psychological integrity through coercion or threats.
Statistical definition:
Any act which causes psychological harm to an individual. Psychological violence can take the form of, for example, coercion, defamation, verbal insult or harassment.
… International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Violence against women is a violation … of the problem, and its impact on women’s physical and psychological well-being across different areas of everyday … to explore women’s experiences of physical, sexual and psychologicalviolence during their lifetime. The cooperation …
… to support Member States' activities to raise awareness of violence against women and a further EUR 11.4 million for … which explicitly refers to FGM as a form of gender-based violence ( IP/12/1066 ). But while all EU Member States and … girls; it has severe short-term and long-term physical and psychological consequences. In the EU countries where women …
… the WHO European Region experience physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner. Today, on the first day of the 16-day global campaign of Activism Against Gender Violence, the City of Vienna, with the European Institute for … takes throughout the European Union, from physical and psychological abuse in partnerships, to sexual assault and …
… The estimated personal and societal cost of Violence against Women is alarmingly high. Direct and indirect costs of violence against women and intimate partner violence affect … tells us: “Victims often suffer long term physical and psychological damage that disables their normal lives and …