Information about the Perth & Kinross Violence Against Women Partnership.
The following organisations are members:
The guiding principles which underpin the work of the Perth & Kinross Violence Against Women Partnership are:
PKVAWP understands violence against women as a consequence of the social inequalities which exist between men and women. It recognises that violence against women, children and young people can take many forms and that some women, children and young people may experience different and/or multiple forms of male violence over their lifetime. The PKVAWP supports the following Scottish Government definition of violence against women:
Violence against women encompasses but is not limited to the following:
“Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, within the general community, or in institutions including: domestic abuse; rape; sexual assault; stalking and sexual harassment and intimidation at work and in the public sphere; commercial sexual exploitation, including prostitution, trafficking and pornography; child sexual abuse and adult survivors of child sexual abuse; dowry related violence; female genital mutilation; forced and child marriages and ‘so called honour crimes.”