If you are going or have gone through any of these experiences, you are facing a sexual-violence situation:

You suffer from gender violence when you experience any of the following situations:

  • You receive comments about your body or which are sexually offensive in their nature.
  • You get sexually offensive gestures directed at you.
  • You receive unwanted sexual messages via social media, e-mail, mobile phone or in writing.
  • You receive sexist insults via social media, e-mail, mobile phone or in writing.
  • You are threatened or coerced into publishing personal photos or videos with sexual content.
  • Some others publish your personal photos or videos with sexual content, without your consent.
  • Some others get too close, brush against you or touch you against your will in a sexual sense, without physical violence or intimidation.
  • Some others get too close, brush against you or touch you against your will in a sexual sense, with threats, intimidation or physical violence.
  • You are threatened with retaliation at work or at an educational centre (sackings, exam failures etc.) if you do not accept sexual proposals.
  • You receive insinuations and offers of personal gains (at work, in education etc.) in exchange for sexual favours.
  • Indecent exposure in your presence.
  • Some others try to oblige you or they oblige you to perform a sexual act (oral, anal or vaginal).
  • You are subject to genital mutilation or you have been subject to it in your childhood.
  • Some others forced you into an arranged marriage against your will.