Naming the problem -- A global pandemic -- Violence begins before birth: selective abortion and infanticide -- Cut for purity: female genital mutilation -- Early and enforced marriage: child abuse by another name -- Whose honour? Killings and femicide as reprisals for shame -- Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide: violence in the home -- Money, sex and violence: trafficking and prostitution -- Rape -- War and sexual violence -- Why gender-based violence? It's in our genes: exploring our evolutionary heritage -- Why gender-based violence? Power and patriarchy -- Religion and women -- Christianity and gender: a fuller picture.