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Domestic Abuse
Known as ‘domestic violence’ or ‘intimate violence,’ domestic abuse is a malicious behavior that threatens a partner.
This exploitation can be physical, emotional, sexual, or economic. Domestic abuse can happen to anybody, regardless of age, race, sex, faith, or religion. The abuser tries to establish power and control over the victim during this behavior.
The victim can deteriorate physically, emotionally, mentally, or financially. The severity of this behavior is subjective.
In some cases, domestic abuse can lead to severe implications for the victim and relationship. Suffering in silence makes the victim weaker and impacts their self-esteem.
Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
In simple words, gender-based violence is harmful domination of power on a person based on their gender.
This type of violence can take place in the form of physical, sexual, emotional, or economic exploitation. Gender-based violence is a serious global threat to the life and rights of every potential victim.
Although women are common victims of GBV, men can also suffer from this act. Usually, GBV is a result of gender-oriented stereotypes and socialization. Victims can face harmful consequences like physical disabilities, low self-esteem, and emotional harassment.
In extreme cases, gender-based violence can lead to death. Hence, the UNHCR collaborates with NGOs to combat this type of violence across the globe.
What is
Serfdom?
Serfdom is the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism. It was a condition of debt bondage, which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe and lasted in some countries until the mid-19th century. As with slaves, serfs could be bought, sold, or traded (with some limitations as they generally could be sold only together with land), abused with no rights over their own bodies, and could not leave the land they were bound to. Serfs who occupied a plot of land were required to work for the lord of the manor who owned that land. In return they were entitled to protection, justice, and the right to cultivate certain fields within the manor to maintain their own subsistence.
