What does Gender-based violence mean?

Geslagsgebaseerde geweld (GBV) For example: "Fighting gender-based violence (Fighting GBV)"

Where does the slang word Gender-based violence come from?

Gender-based violence is a slang term from South Africa. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in South Africa and across Africa.

What are other meanings of Gender-based violence?

Gender-based violence can also mean: GBV awareness | GBV bewustheid

Gender-based violence

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions

TOP DEFINITION

Gender-based violence definition 1

Geslagsgebaseerde geweld (GBV)

"Fighting gender-based violence (Fighting GBV)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

DEFINITION 2

Gender-based violence definition 2

GBV awareness | GBV bewustheid

"Fighting gender-based violence"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇿🇦 South Africa
Definitions: 2 community definitions
Added: April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Gender-based violence 🇸🇿 Eswatini

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Gender-based violence prevention 🇬🇳 Guinea

Prévention violence basée genre (Gender-based violence prevention)

"La gender-based violence prevention éduque. (Gender-based violence prevention educates.)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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🌍 "Gender-based violence" Across Africa

This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Gender-based violence 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Lwandla ngebulili (Violence by gender)

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