This document is a glossary shedding light on essential terminology related to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is released today by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The 110-page publication, available in English, French, and Spanish (with Arabic and Farsi to follow shortly), is intended as an indispensable tool to inform and accompany the work of researchers, legal professionals, advocates, journalists, and others for whom understanding the relevant language is vital to their work of documenting, reporting, raising awareness of and litigating such violence, as well as supporting victims of SGBV.
