ABSTRACT
This chapter examines three main areas: prevalence, severity, and impact. It focuses on six categories of violence against women: physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, economic, and other categories that somehow differ. Gender-based violence manifests itself in a number of ways, including physically, emotionally, verbally, sexually, and financially. In the violence against women and medical literature, severity is a measure of seriousness or harshness. According to the US Department of Justice Office on Violence against Women, economic abuse occurs across all socioeconomic levels. The UN International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights includes the right to "equal protection under the law and right to the highest standard of physical and mental health." In 2007, the Senate introduced the Survivor's Empowerment and Economic Security Act and House Bill to help victims of domestic abuse gain economic independence. Countries have worked together to create international agreements to end violence against women.
