Operational
Research
On
Intimate
Partner Sexual Violence
With Financial Support from Ministry of
Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare
RESEARCHERS
Dr.
Sangeet Jooseery
Mr.
Madan Mohit
1.
INTRODUCTION
Intimate
Partner Violence refers to behaviour within an intimate relationship that
causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including acts of physical
aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours.
Sexual
Violence refers to any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted
sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed against
a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their
relationship to the victim, in any setting including but not limited to home
and work.
Intimate
Partner Violence and Sexual Violence are very much linked to each other in
terms of their causes, risks factors and prevention strategies. Intimate
Partner and Sexual Violence (IPSV) affects a large proportion of the population
– with the majority of those directly experiencing such violence being women
and the majority perpetrating it being men.
