Violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women including all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
… research still shows a pronounced under-representation of women, particularly in the hard sciences and in leadership … [3] , especially – but not only – by women. Gender-based violence and sexual harassment have long been overlooked as … in order to: remove barriers that generate discrimination againstwomen in scientific careers and decision-making …