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Descriptor English: Violence Against Women
Descriptor Spanish: Violencia contra la Mujer
Descriptor violencia contra la mujer
Entry term(s) crímenes contra la mujer
crímenes contra las mujeres
delitos contra la mujer
violencia contra las mujeres
violencia doméstica y sexual contra la mujer
Scope note: Cualquier acto de violencia basado en el género, ya sea en la vida pública o privada, que da o pueda dar lugar a daño físico, sexual o psicológico, incluidas las amenazas, la coacción, la privación de la libertad, la mutilación genital femenina y otras.
Descriptor Portuguese: Violência contra a Mulher
Descriptor French: Violence Contre les Femmes
Entry term(s): Crimes against Women
Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women
Offenses against Women
Tree number(s): SP2.770.750.141.771
SP3.311.900.686.205.623.477
Scope note: Any act of violence based on gender, whether in public or in private life, which results or may result in physical, sexual or psychological harm, including threats, coercion, deprivation of freedom, genital mutilation and other.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Gender-Based Violence MeSH
DeCS ID: 50239
Unique ID: DDCS050239
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Violence Against Women - Preferred
Concept UI FD00061418
Scope note Any act of violence based on gender, whether in public or in private life, which results or may result in physical, sexual or psychological harm, including threats, coercion, deprivation of freedom, genital mutilation and other.
Preferred term Violence Against Women
Entry term(s) Crimes against Women
Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women
Offenses against Women



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