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VAW

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VAWCarrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (US Navy aviation unit designation used in 1948 and from 1956 to date)
VAWVardø, Norway - Svartnes (Airport Code)
VAWViolence at Work
vAwVon Amts Wegen (German: Officially)
VAWViolence Against Women
VAWCarrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (US Navy)


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The United Nations defines VAW as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public of in private life.
VAW has profound implications for health but is often ignored.
1 VAW has come to be recognized as a legitimate human rights issue and as a significant threat to women''s health and wellbeing.
 
 
 
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