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Table 4 Residents and professionals – SGBV conceptualization, grouped according to UNHCR SGBV definition

From: Conceptualizing sexual and gender-based violence in European asylum reception centers

Residents

Professionals

Sexual Violence

Sexual innuendo

Sexual innuendo

Visual sexual harassment

Visual sexual harassment

 –

Denudement

Marital rape

Abuse, rape and trafficking

Abuse, rape and trafficking

Sexual exploitation

Physical Violence

Physical assault without permanent consequences

Physical assault with permanent consequences

Psychological Violence

Humiliation

Threat and humiliation

 Confinement

Verbal violence

 –

Confinement – individual level

 –

Relational violence

 –

Parental relational violence

Harmful Cultural Practices

 Denial of education of girls and women

 Genital mutilation

Genital mutilation

 Early marriage

Early marriage

 Honor killing and Maiming

Honor killing and Maiming

Socio-economic Violence

 Discrimination

 Denial of opportunities and services

Denial of opportunities and services

 Denial of access to exercise civil, social, economic rights

 Social exclusion/ostracism based on sexual orientation

Social exclusion/ostracism