Violence against women is both a brutal consequence of gender inequalities and a key obstacle to equality.

Discrimination is to make a distinction in favor of or against a person on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person belongs rather than according to actual merit;

Poverty is defined in either relative or absolute terms. Absolute poverty measures poverty in relation to the amount of money necessary to meet basic needs...

Women are not seen as passive beneficiary or recipient of social resources or root causes of social problems.