Gender-Based Violence: 7 Often Invisible Forms, Here's How to Recognize Them

Gender-based violence (GBV) takes physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and digital forms that are often trivialized. These include blows, humiliations, unwanted touching, sexual exploitation, and online harassment. The Ivorian Penal Code defines rape as any sexual penetration imposed without consent and considers any sexual act on a child under 15 as rape, even with alleged consent. Such violence, which leads to lasting consequences like anxiety and depression, is a serious human rights violation.