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Gender Based Violence - Power, Use of Force, and Consent Module

This document discusses gender-based violence and how it relates to power dynamics, use of force, and consent. It identifies different types of power and how perpetrators exploit unequal power relationships. It also explains that gender-based violence involves the use of physical, emotional, or other force against a person without their informed consent. The cycle of violence is described as a pattern where minor acts of violence escalate over time and how witnessing or experiencing violence as a child can negatively impact development and perpetuate the cycle of abuse.

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Gender Based Violence - Power, Use of Force, and Consent Module

This document discusses gender-based violence and how it relates to power dynamics, use of force, and consent. It identifies different types of power and how perpetrators exploit unequal power relationships. It also explains that gender-based violence involves the use of physical, emotional, or other force against a person without their informed consent. The cycle of violence is described as a pattern where minor acts of violence escalate over time and how witnessing or experiencing violence as a child can negatively impact development and perpetuate the cycle of abuse.

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Gender-Based Violence: Power, Use of Force, and Consent

POWER
Perpetrators can have “real” or “perceived” power. Some examples of
different types of power and powerful people are the following:
a. social – peer pressure, bullying, leader, teacher, parents;
b. economic – the perpetrator controls money or access to goods/
services/money/ favors; sometimes the husband or the father;
c. political – elected leaders, discriminatory laws, President of the United
States;
d. physical – strength, size, use of weapons, controlling access or security;
soldiers, police, robbers, gangs;
e. gender-based (social) – males are usually in a more powerful position
than females; and
f. age-related – often, the young and elderly people have the least power/

Power is directly related to choice.


 The more power one has, there are more choices available.
 The less power one has, fewer choices are available.
 Unempowered people have fewer choices and are more vulnerable to
abuse.
 GBV involves the use of power.
 Unequal power relationships are exploited and abused.

NINE MARGINALIZED SECTORS

1. Landless rural workers 7. Children


2. Fisherfolks/ fishermen 8. Persons with Disabilities
3. Urban poor 9. Youth
4. Indigenous cultural
communities
5. Workers in the formal
labor sectors
6. Women
USE OF FORCE/ VIOLENCE
 Force might be physical, emotional, social, or economic in nature.
 It may also involve coercion or pressure.
 Force also includes intimidation, threats, persecution, or other forms of
psychological or social pressure.
 The target of such violence is compelled to behave as expected or to do
what is being requested, for fear of real and harmful consequences.
 Violence consists of the use of physical force or other means of
coercion such as threat, inducement, or promise of a benefit to obtain
something against her/ his will – use of force.

INFORMED CONSENT
 Consent means saying “yes,” agreeing to something.
 Making an informed choice freely and voluntarily by persons in an
equal power relationship.
 Acts of GBV occur without informed consent.
 Even if she says “yes,” this is not true consent because it was said
under duress – the perpetrator(s) used some kind of force to get her to
say yes.
 Children (under age 18) are deemed unable to give informed consent
for acts such as female genital cutting, marriage, sexual relations, etc.

CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
 The cycle of violence refers to repeated acts of violence in a
relationship.
 It starts with minor incidents and moves on to more serious levels of
violence.
 May start in a child who is a victim or witness to violence and may be
repeated when the child becomes an adult.
 The impact of being a victim or a witness to violence on a child is
traumatic. It can make a child scared, unhappy, lonely, lose self-
confidence, blame themselves, lose sleep, and pick up fights with
peers.
 Children should understand that having conflicts is alright, but
resolving conflict through violence is not right.
 When children understand that violence is not acceptable, they will
grow up into adults who respect other people.

SUMMARY
Power and abuse of the same are integral components of GBV. These
components also had an effect to the consent to be given by the survivor.
Consent may be informed or vitiated, on which violence is
perpetrated.
This violence plays along a cycle of being overpowered and giving of
consent to the detriment of women and their children.

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