Violence against women is typically understood to include the following: domestic
violence, forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), honour-based violence,
rape and sexual offences, prostitution, trafficking and pornography.7
Disclosure and disclosure training
A disclosure is the act of revealing information that was previously unknown to the
recipient and is often a secret. In this context the information is likely to pertain to an
experience of unwanted conduct or possibly the doing of problematic behaviour
(perpetration). Disclosure training refers to specific professional training that enables
recipients of disclosures to react sensitively and appropriately to disclosures made to
them.
Referral pathways
Referral pathways indicate clearly to someone who has experienced an incident or
others who receive a disclosure (including an institution) how to get in touch with an
individual professional, support services or organisation. The pathways set out a
comprehensive framework and network of cooperation to help, assist and protect
victim/survivors of violence.
‘Conducive Context'8
The foundations, conditions or environment which can enable violence against
women. An example is the sexual objectification of women in popular culture and the
media.
LGBT/LGBT+/LGBTQ
This is an acronym used as an umbrella term for a group of people who are lesbian,
gay, bisexual and/or transgender. It is not an exhaustive term and is sometimes
expanded to ‘LGBT+’ or ‘LGBTQ’ to capture the identities of people who may not feel
that ‘LGBT’ describes them accurately and who may identify as queer or questioning,
asexual, intersexual, pansexual or unsure.
Homophobia
Dislike, prejudice, negative feelings towards, aversion to, fear of, phobia about, hate
of, homosexuality which may include bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning
people.
Transphobia
Transphobia is the dislike of or prejudice against transsexual or transgender people.
Crown Prosecution Service, http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/
Kelly, L. (2007) ‘A conducive context’: trafficking of persons in Central Asia. In: M. Lee, ed., (2007)
Human Trafficking. Cullompton: Willan Publishing, pp. 73-91
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