Types of Abuses - Women

Physical abuse is any intentional act causing injury or trauma to another person or animal by way of bodily contact. In most cases, children are the victims of physical abuse, but adults can also be victims, as in cases of domestic violence or workplace aggression

Psychological abuse, often called emotional abuse, is a form of abuse, characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another person to behaviour that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder

Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behaviour by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using force or by taking advantage of another

Economic abuse is a form of abuse when one intimate partner has control over the other partner's access to economic resources, which decreases the victim's capacity to support themselves and forces them to depend on the perpetrator financially

Immigrant survivors of domestic violence may be subject to unique forms of abuse, especially those who are undocumented or whose legal status depends on the abuser

Religious abuse is abuse administered under the guise of religion, including harassment or humiliation, which may result in psychological trauma.

Abusers often misuse technology as a way to control, monitor, and harass victims. You might have a hunch that technology has been misused because the abuser just “knows too much” about what you are doing on your computer or phone or shows up wherever you go