Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study

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• Gender : ‘ The state of being male or female.’ (Oxford Dictionaries, 2014)

• Sexism : ‘ Discrimination on the basis of sex, especially the oppression of women by men.’ (Dictionary.com, 2014)

• Gender Stereotyping : ‘ The relatively fixed and overgeneralized attitudes and behaviours that are considered normal and appropriate for a person in a particular culture based on his or her biological sex.’ (Psychology Dictionary, 2014)

• Gender Equality : ‘ The act of treating women and men equally: Gender equality does not imply that women and men are the same, but that they have equal value and should be accorded equal treatment.’ (Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 2014)

• Gender-based violence : ‘Gender-based violence (GBV) is violence that is

All the women soccer, rugby and cricket tennis aren’t recognised at all and I don’t think this is fair as they are good and should also have the sponsors and salaries as the men. Of course the women in soccer aren’t going to get the same salary as Ronaldo because he is worldwide known and everyone wants to have their products advertised by him. In the Wimbledon tennis the women and the men’s prize money is the same so there is no difference and no gender discrimination. The same thing happened in the Comrades Marathon and in athletes where they all get the same amount of money whether they are a man or woman. I don’t really see many sports women that are advertising a product or brand on TV as compared to the men. After a big sporting event the sponsors will rush to get to the winner and get them to advertise their products. I don’t think this happens as much to women as it does to men. The newspapers and news feeds are mostly focused on the men’s sports and what they have done, on the odd occasion there will be something about a successful sports women in it. This would properly make more people see the men and support them because they are more show cased and

Have the same amount of leave for both men and women, pay the employees the same amount if they are in the same job. Promote men and women that have done well this will show that there is gender equality in the business. When putting adverts in newspapers write that there is gender equality in the business and everyone is treated the same. Promote and provide training for both genders. They can also have the exact same privileges if given and women must be shown respect just as well as the