| Prenatal/Prebirth | Pre-birth elimination of females Physical battery during pregnancy (physical abuse) |
| Infancy | Female infanticide (killing of a new born female child) Emotional and physical abuse Differential access to food and medical care |
| Childhood/Girlhood | Child marriage Child sexual abuse by family members or strangers Emotional and physical abuse Genital mutilation Child prostitution (exchange of sexual act for money) Differential access to care, nutrition, health care, education |
| Adolescence | Molestation/eve-teasing Rape Incest (sexual activity between blood relations) Economically coerced sex Sexual abuse in the workplace Sexual harassment Arranged marriage Trafficking Violence associated with pre-marital pregnancy Abortion Differential access to care, food, education, medical Kidnapping and abduction |
| Young and Adulthood/ Reproduction age | Domestic violence Marital rape Dowry related abuse and murder Coerced pregnancy Homicide Sexual harassment in the work place Sexual abuse by intimate male partner and relatives Physical and psychological abuse Desertion (divorce) Rape Sati (burning a widow at her husband’s funeral) Abuse of widows Wife beating Acid attacks Forced marriage Differential access to care, medical, health care, nutrition, education |
| Old age/ Elderly | Abuse of the elderly Abuse of widows The threat of sexual violence Lack of access to care, nutrition, and medical facilities Physical and psychological violence by younger family members Sati Domestic violence |
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