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Descriptor English: Gender-Based Violence
Descriptor Spanish: Violencia de Género
Descriptor violencia de género
Entry term(s) asesinato por la dote
asesinatos por la dote
muerte por dote
muerte por falta de dote
muerte por la dote
muertes por dote
muertes por falta de dote
quema de la novia
violencia basada en el género
violencia basada en género
Scope note: Todo acto de violencia de género que tenga o que pueda tener como resultado un daño o sufrimiento físico, sexual o psicológico, incluidas las amenazas de tales actos, la coacción o la privación arbitraria de libertad, tanto si se producen en la vida pública como en la privada. (Traducción libre del original: www.who.int/topics/gender_based_violence/en/)
Descriptor Portuguese: Violência de Gênero
Descriptor French: Violence sexiste
Entry term(s): Bride Burning
Death, Dowry
Dowry Death
Dowry Deaths
Dowry Murder
Dowry Murders
Gender Based Violence
Violence, Gender-Based
Tree number(s): I01.198.240.856.463
SP2.770.323.856
SP3.311.900.686.205.623
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000074386
Scope note: Violence based on gender that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. (From www.who.int/topics/gender_based_violence/en/)
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Violence (1995-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
DeCS ID: 56876
Unique ID: D000074386
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2019/01/14
Gender-Based Violence - Preferred
Concept UI M000626428
Scope note Violence based on gender that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. (From www.who.int/topics/gender_based_violence/en/)
Preferred term Gender-Based Violence
Entry term(s) Gender Based Violence
Violence, Gender-Based
Dowry Death - Narrower
Concept UI M000646313
Scope note Death of a bride in an arranged marriage for the failure of her family to meet dowry demands.
Preferred term Dowry Death
Entry term(s) Bride Burning
Death, Dowry
Dowry Deaths
Dowry Murder
Dowry Murders



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